culmination

culminate | American Dictionary

culminate
verb[ I/T ]
us/ˈkʌl·məˌneɪt/
to have as a result or be the final result of a process:
[ I ]Secret negotiations culminated in the historic peace accord.
[ T ]The discovery culminated many years of research.

culmination

noun[ U ]us/ˌkʌl·məˈneɪ·ʃən/

Examples of culminate

culminate
As this limited research project concurs with previous research, it seems to suggest that further research might culminate in the same conclusions.
The drama culminates with the workers uniting in a communal effort to repair the potentially lethal seepage.
In discussions that follow, we outline the progression of research findings that culminated in questions addressed in this study.
These were set forth at the beginning of each reign, in manifestos, panegyrics, and ceremonies, culminating with the imperial coronation.
This process of natural selection caused gradual biological changes over time leading to more and more complex life forms and culminating in man.
It culminated in a large feast and dance that was hosted by the relatives of the deceased.
Succeeding sections are devoted to proofs of special cases, culminating in the proof of the theorem itself.
The portfolio of chemokines produced dictates which cell types are recruited locally, culminating in either resistance or susceptibility to infection.
Public dissent over the new tax system culminated in a spate of demonstrations and industrial action throughout the country.
A scherzo breaks in, which culminates in a brass fanfare leading to the slow movement.
This meeting initiated the process that finally culminated in the settlement of the strike.
It culminated, as noted, in the trial of the justices of the peace.
This historical process culminated in the early-nineteenth-century defeat of ancient humoralism.
But the consumer society boom gave rise to a growing uneasiness typical of the third period which culminated with the crisis of 1974-6.
This exercise culminated in a report released in 1995 recommending specific improvements to the current measures.
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