endgame
noun
end·game
ˈen(d)-ˌgām 
: the stage of a chess game after major reduction of forces
also
: the final stage of some action or process
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Examples of endgame in a Sentence
they're now in the endgame of the negotiations for a new labor contract
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Their fractured friendship, and Eloise and Colin’s close sibling relationship, will play a part in Polin’s endgame.
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Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
Make no mistake: That’s the endgame in the networks’ business model, but the strategy for getting there is to make the experience organic.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 8 May 2024
So what is the endgame of the group's trollish acts of sabotage?
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 8 May 2024
That’s why the endgame of the eradication initiative calls for stopping all use of OPV once the wild virus is gone and introducing vaccine made of inactivated virus (IPV), which can’t revert, into routine immunization.
—Byleslie Roberts, science.org, 7 May 2024
The advanced systems relay commands every few milliseconds via pilot input to help automate flight, the endgame being a much safer, more intuitive generation of aircraft.
—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2024
Amid great debate over bitcoin’s endgame, a middle ground is emerging.
—Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Apr. 2024
Carter himself is in on this action, as an investor in the salad chain Sweetgreen, trading the era of black tie and tails, of steak, lobster, and bottle service, spending stupid money with your glamorous friends in public, to a capitalist endgame of accumulating interest by the açai bowl.
—Abe Beame, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2024
The endgame is a fully autonomous car, a proposition that driving enthusiasts abhor.
—The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
Make no mistake: That’s the endgame in the networks’ business model, but the strategy for getting there is to make the experience organic.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 8 May 2024
So what is the endgame of the group's trollish acts of sabotage?
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 8 May 2024
That’s why the endgame of the eradication initiative calls for stopping all use of OPV once the wild virus is gone and introducing vaccine made of inactivated virus (IPV), which can’t revert, into routine immunization.
—Byleslie Roberts, science.org, 7 May 2024
The advanced systems relay commands every few milliseconds via pilot input to help automate flight, the endgame being a much safer, more intuitive generation of aircraft.
—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2024
Amid great debate over bitcoin’s endgame, a middle ground is emerging.
—Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Apr. 2024
Carter himself is in on this action, as an investor in the salad chain Sweetgreen, trading the era of black tie and tails, of steak, lobster, and bottle service, spending stupid money with your glamorous friends in public, to a capitalist endgame of accumulating interest by the açai bowl.
—Abe Beame, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2024
The endgame is a fully autonomous car, a proposition that driving enthusiasts abhor.
—The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Endgame.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/endgame. Accessed 19 May. 2024.
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