final moment

collocation in English

meaningsoffinalandmoment

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final
adjective
uk
/ˈfaɪ.nəl/us
/ˈfaɪ.nəl/
last:
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moment
noun
uk
/ˈməʊ.mənt/us
/ˈmoʊ.mənt/
a very short period ...
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(Definition offinalandmomentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffinal moment

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And at that time, in thefinalmomentof the forced motion, the body will be neither heavy nor light.
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Because it is presented as complete, this event must include a pastfinalmoment.
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It is this that induces a tension in the listening experience that increases right up to thefinalmoment, when the scrambling leaps to the fore.
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I was not even there at thefinalmomentto defend my proposals and the opinion was therefore adopted without interference.
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In either event, the majority of the nominations will probably be handed in well before thefinalmoment.
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She should, of course, have continuing advice and support right up to thatfinalmoment.
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Now we come to thefinalmomentof decision.
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We still have afinalmomentfor reflection.
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Are we at thefinalmoment?
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Thus, until thefinalmomentwhen the formal declaration of war demolished the last hope of peace each successive stage provided an opportunity of mediation, of appeasement and of settlement.
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That the arbitrator should make an award in general and then wait till thefinalmomentto sign it would be a very much sounder way of dealing with it.
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The building is now completed, and the committee was extremely surprised to hear at thefinalmoment that no finance would be available for running the centre.
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If that is the case, it means that at thefinalmomentof crisis all the shackles of control and consultation have to be swept aside.
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In thefinalmoment, what has survived amid the emotional and psychological wreckage is, unexpectedly, the marriage.
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The poem marks thefinalmomentof his career as a poet.
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The video beautifully portrays our progress through the phases and how we went through makeover sessions and ultimately, ourfinalmomentof triumph.
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In thefinalmoment, the dying man makes a final, desperate bid to steal his ex-wife away from her new spouse.
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In particular, the calf muscle of the leading leg is responsible for imparting additional upward momentum to the body at thefinalmomentof launch.
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