How to Use completist in a Sentence

completist

noun
  • In fact, there's some good that comes out of being a little less completist with a story.
    — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 18 July 2024
  • True completists, then, must rely on baseball card brokers to track them down.
    — Allie Conti, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Feb. 2020
  • That location is for completists only — there’s not much to see out there (which is kind of the point).
    — Katie Rife, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2024
  • For the completists out there, the depth of Championship mode is going to keep you busy for weeks.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 30 Aug. 2017
  • By all means, fans and completists should grab this, as should anyone who appreciates good drawing.
    — Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Johnson’s life at this point was something of an exercise in completist Modernism.
    — Sadie Stein, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2017
  • That's a milestone for any band, and the act issued cute commemorative tickets at the door for completists.
    — August Brown, latimes.com, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Bingers tend to be completists, which to me only emphasizes the importance of ending a show when the creative juice is drying up.
    — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • So Leonardo completists who come to Paris with a checklist may be disappointed.
    — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Many die-hards and completists would argue that the below barely scratches the surface in terms of who Ahsoka is.
    — Dan Heching, CNN, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Readers who aren’t Eastwood completists might wish the author would combine analyses of a few middling titles once in a while.
    — Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 July 2025
  • Box sets like this are made for completists, and any Wilco completist will find plenty of incredible music to reward their time on this one.
    — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 12 Feb. 2025
  • And as an Alone completist, a handful of these structures have been truly memorable for their accoutrements and design.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 18 Aug. 2025
  • For completists, these 98 stories (including five published for the first time) will be like a boxed set of a musician’s first recordings.
    — New York Times, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Holiday completists will want to see the new holiday version of the Sesame Street parade also.
    — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Nov. 2019
  • But along with the additions, Tut completists will note some absences in the exhibit inventory.
    — Deborah Vankin, latimes.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • But the old way of tuning into games—turning on a television and flipping channels—won’t be enough for the NFL completist.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Though a few of the sequels have their merits, Amityville in Space and Amityville Karen remain for completists only.
    — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2024
  • The movie’s trailers showcase these roles, though The Flash still packs in surprises for completists and continuity obsessives.
    — Vulture, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The movie’s trailers showcase these roles, though The Flash still packs in surprises for completists and continuity obsessives.
    — Vulture, 16 June 2023
  • Standing in for him are descriptions of diplomatic negotiations and maneuvers that will test the endurance even of Cold War completists.
    — Bertrand M. Patenaude, WSJ, 4 Apr. 2018
  • For a completist like me, the pleasures of MTV Unplugged came from hearing overfamiliar songs freshened up, if rarely truly reimagined.
    — Dan Kois, Pitchfork, 17 May 2026
  • Soul-music completists will no doubt appreciate the minute detail with which Fletcher recounts Pickett’s recording sessions, even his subpar later ones.
    — Peter Keepnews, New York Times, 30 May 2017
  • Any King of Pop completist or glutton for punishment seeking to fact-check the megabudget Michael Jackson biopic Michael (in theaters now) will certainly have their work cut out for them.
    — Chris Lee, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2026
  • As for the retro content, the fact that all 74 half-hours from the Jennings run will be available to stream will finally allow completists to relive one of the biggest pop-culture moments of 2004.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Dandelyan Expect a mix of hotel guests—the Mondrian is one of the few high-end spots to stay anywhere in the area—and cocktail completists, pilgrimaging here to sample some of Ryan Chetiyawardana’s drinks.
    — Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2018
  • In fact, for Oscar completists, ShortsTV’s annual roundup is one of the most rewarding theatrical experiences audiences could hope for this year.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
  • So out went the yuletide beast to become an ever-so-brief Twitter celebrity and eventual souvenir for the ultra-completist Florida State fan who came along and swiped it before the garbage collector arrived.
    — Andy Staples, SI.com, 28 June 2018
  • This particular junction of Yes lore has been documented exhaustively, so Rhino’s super deluxe treatment is geared to devoted completists and audiophiles.
    — Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025
  • His Hedley Studios is now renowned worldwide for its know-how making such scale models—all of them drive-ready—and Hedley’s partnered with The Vault to share an exclusive experience with others who, like him, are classic car completists.
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2025

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