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What does culmination mean?

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Noun
  1. (astronomy) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
  2. Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.
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Monthly meetings by a huge committee of up to 40 people throughout the year have set the scene for this, the culmination of all their effort.
For the 37-year-old former hairdresser, it's the culmination of three years of hard work learning the skills of the trade.
It was the culmination of months of secretive work by a Garda team headed by Assistant Commissioner Joe Egan.
The birth, the culmination of a five-year process, was unassisted and went off without a hitch.
For the Trust it marked not just a few months' worth of campaigning but represented the culmination of nearly half a century of tireless effort.
The science fiction fascination with robots and androids is the culmination of this perception of machines as being almost like one of us.

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