COMPLETIONS Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

completions

noun

plural of completion

as in culminations

the act of finishing something The family celebrated the completion of their youngest child's education.

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Recent Examples of completions As for its well completions—or fracking—crews, Diamondback will go from four to five crews. — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 4 May 2026 Online courses providers show a similarly vast scale in users and certificate completions. — Bryan Penprase, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 Smith followed that up with a couple of short completions to wide receiver Isaiah Williams and fullback Andrew Beck. — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 29 May 2026 Morton also led the Broncos with pass attempts (1,594) and completions (907). — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026 The former Texas standout Miami gave three starts to in his rookie season was dealing all practice, consistently throwing aggressive passes that turned into completions. — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 3 June 2026 As Gonzalez stood behind one end zone during 11-on-11s, Drake Maye carved up the Patriots’ defense with a slew of underneath completions and a couple long balls. — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 9 June 2026 Morgan previously rewarded homegrown talent like defensive end Derrick Brown, running back Chuba Hubbard, cornerback Jaycee Horn and right tackle Taylor Moton before the completions of their respective contracts. — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 12 June 2026 Keenum finished his career in 2011 as one of the most accomplished players in NCAA history, the record holder in numerous statistical categories, among them passing yards (19,127), total yards (20,114), passing touchdowns (155), total touchdowns (178) and completions (1,546). — Joseph Duarte, Houston Chronicle, 4 May 2026

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Full moons are culminations — don’t forget to pause and see what’s already come full circle before rushing into more.

— Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 28 Nov. 2025

Definition of culminations

Noun

Commercializing fusion research NIFS’ achievements in fusion research range from sustaining plasma for 3,268 seconds to reaching temperatures over 100 million degrees Celsius.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 7 July 2026
Historically, restrictive policies like the 1924 Immigration Act harmed the economy and innovation, a lesson reinforced by immigrants' scientific achievements and Nobel Prize contributions.

— Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of achievements

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Recovery involves gathering vital information, documenting accomplishments, and focusing on networking and skill development, rather than internalizing it as personal failure.

— Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
The nighttime event featured military bands and Air Force planes flying overhead, and a campaign-style speech by Trump attacking Democrats and praising his own accomplishments.

— Josh Meyer, USA Today, 2 July 2026

Definition of accomplishments

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In Idaho, executions will be carried out at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution by three volunteer police marksmen whose identities will be kept confidential.

— Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 1 July 2026
What followed was the busiest period of executions in more than eight decades in a state that has long been a stronghold of capital punishment.

— Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 30 June 2026

Definition of executions

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Those implementations must treat policy design and technical design as equals.

— Maghnus Mareneck, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
These implementations were also instrumental in immediately communicating some of the trends driving new takes on the high-end fragrance category.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 9 June 2026

Definition of implementations

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Jennifer Lopez, Graham Norton, Jimmy Fallon and Zoe Kravitz were also spotted among the arrivals.

— Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
During a day trip to Lampedusa, a gateway for migrants risking dangerous Mediterranean crossings into Europe from Africa, the pope urged European leaders to do more to assist arrivals, which have topped 7,000 this year.

— Reuters, NBC news, 4 July 2026

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