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Playoff
Playoff noun - Any final competition to determine a championship.
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- That playoff win had Cowboy fans licking their chops at thoughts of a Super Bowl the next year, since Cowboys Stadium was scheduled to host the event.
Source: Every Year They Fizzle Out -
Another example in golf has come around with the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup structure, a way of breaking the season down into an eight-month "regular season" (year-round save for a winter break starting with the 2013-14 wraparound season) and four-event "playoff" schedule.
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