endgame

noun

end·​game ˈen(d)-ˌgām How to pronounce endgame (audio)
: the stage of a chess game after major reduction of forces
also : the final stage of some action or process

Examples of endgame in a Sentence

they're now in the endgame of the negotiations for a new labor contract
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Olivia Culpo and Christian McCaffrey are endgame…sorry, wrong team. Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 10 Mar. 2025 And with that, the Woodstone property gained yet another ghost, one who may have just launched the show into its season endgame. Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 6 Mar. 2025 That said, an all-or-nothing outcome is the most likely endgame. Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025 White House national security adviser Mike Waltz said Trump's increasingly tough criticism of Zelenskyy reflected frustration with what the administration sees as roadblocks erected by the Ukrainian leader to finding an endgame to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for endgame

Word History

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of endgame was in 1881

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“Endgame.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/endgame. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

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