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the part everyone remembers, judging years of buildup by ninety final minutes
means The closing section or last part of a performance, event, or sequence — the grand wrap-up.
from Straight from Italian, where finale simply means "final" (from Latin finis, "end"). It entered English through music, where the finale is the last movement of a symphony or the closing number of an opera, and the word still carries that theatrical sense of an ending built to be witnessed.
- origin
- From Italian, borrowed straight into music for the last movement
- sopranos cut
- Famously ended mid-scene on a hard black silence
- survivorship
- Studies show endings disproportionately shape how we recall whole experiences
- grand finale
- Fireworks shows save their densest barrage for last
for instance
world cup final 2022 — argentina defeated france on penalty kicks in qatar
champions league final 2023 — manchester city beat inter milan 1-0 in istanbul
wimbledon men's singles final — annual grass court tennis championship at the all england club