finished
Americanadjective
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ended or completed.
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completed or perfected in all details, as a product.
to pack and ship finished items.
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polished to the highest degree of excellence.
a dazzling and finished piece of writing.
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highly skilled or accomplished.
a finished violinist.
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condemned, doomed, or in the process of extinction.
The aristocracy was finished after the revolution.
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(of livestock) fattened and ready for market.
adjective
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perfected
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(predicative) at the end of a task, activity, etc
they were finished by four
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(predicative) without further hope of success or continuation
she was finished as a prima ballerina
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He was also the club's top scorer for 2025 with 17 goals, albeit Bodo/Glimt finished second, one point behind Viking.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
U.S. stocks finished mixed as a rout in chip stocks continued while falling oil prices boosted consumer stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
I’ll return it to another Little Free Library when I’m finished.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
That’s because a provider may bill you before insurance has finished processing the claim.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
The discovery of Broca's area finished of the theories of the Phrenologists and the Whole Brainers.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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