culminate
verb (used without object)
to reach the highest point, summit, or highest development (usually followed by in).
have culminated
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present perfectof culminate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“Even with the welcome rain and snow forecast across the West, the big picture remains the same. The past two decades have culminated in critically low reservoir conditions,” Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton said Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
Decades of archival sleuthing, gallery auctions, junk store reconnaissance and negotiations with private collectors have culminated in Leen’s new book, “Ranger of the Lost Art: Rediscovering the WPA Poster Art of Our National Parks.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2023
Evidently, these improvements have culminated in the triumphant touchdown of Chandrayaan-3.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 23, 2023
Unprecedented drought and heat, combined with bad land management, have culminated in wildfires of historic proportion in California.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2021
Musical rhythm, imperial words, gorgeous color and luxurious conceit, seem to have culminated in it.
From Daisy's Necklace And What Came of It by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
