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finishing line

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Noun1.finishing linefinishing line - a line indicating the location of the finish of a race
destination, goal, finish - the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view"
line - in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area
tape - the finishing line for a foot race; "he broke the tape in record time"
wire - the finishing line on a racetrack
Translations
Spanish finishing line nlínea de llegada or meta
French finishing line [ˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ-] nligne f d'arrivée
German finishing line [ˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ-] finish nZiellinie f
Italian finishing line [ˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ-] nlinea d'arrivo

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But a finishing line lacks the flexibility to run seven or eight different castings on the same line.
Metso Paper will modernize the Paper Machine Number 6 finishing line at UPM's Kaipola mill in Jamsa, Finland.
There's a reason that jockeys like Stewart Elliott don't win the Kentucky Derby, and we just saw it's not that they lack the talent to get a horse from the starting gate to the finishing line the fastest.
 
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