Beginning
Grand finale
Grand finale noun - The last part of a process or action.
Usage example: the award for best picture is traditionally the evening's grand finale
Beginning is an antonym for grand finale.
Both terms in one sentence
- The Grand Finale of We're Alive uses a Distant Finale to show the world 14 years after a Zombie Apocalypse that is beginning to rebuild society while still dealing with the zombie threat.
Source: The End of the Beginning -
King Arombolosch himself fights in the first line at the beginning of the Grand Finale of the first game.
Source: Video Game / Drakensang -
At the beginning of the Grand Finale, Chloe Sullivan is shown reading a Smallville comic to her son.
Source: I Just Want to Be Normal
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