culminate
verb (used without object)
to reach the highest point, summit, or highest development (usually followed by in).
will culminate
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future tenseof culminate.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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After Najaf, Khamenei's body will be flown to Karbala, about 60 kilometres north, for another procession that will culminate at the shrines of Imam Hussein and his brother Abbas.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Smaller-deal activity is picking up, in part, because many founder-led businesses started by baby boomers are in the midst of succession planning, which will culminate in a wave of sale activity, according to Richert.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
All of that will culminate on Saturday night in the quirky Cortina Curling Stadium, first built as an open-air venue to host the 1956 Games.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
This fall’s “Introduction to Stand-Up” class will culminate with open-to-the-public shows on Dec. 4 and 5 at the Stop Gap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
It chances for the benefit of observers, in the northern hemisphere especially, that one of the sixteen year periods will culminate in 1893, when Mars will be most advantageously situated for close examination.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 by Various
