1
: a summarizing report
2
: a concluding part : finale
wrapped up; wrapping up; wraps up
Examples of wrap-up in a Sentence
Noun
a postelection wrap-up of the campaign's high points and many low points
the opening of the museum's modern art wing marks the wrap-up of its decade-long expansion plan
Verb
a grand parade will wrap up the weeklong celebration
a reporter wrapped up the mayor's speech in a few sentences
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
Here's a complete wrap-up of Day 2 of Ventura's testimony.
—Alice Gainer, CBS News, 14 May 2025
Julie Tremaine, People.com, 23 May 2025
The governor and legislative leaders are optimistic about wrapping up a new budget before the regular 2025 session ends on June 4.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 23 May 2025
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Noun
These questions are resolved, more or less, in an anticlimactic wrap-up that yields the relatively meager payoff of Lilian learning to be a better listener and a more accepting mother.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
Here's a complete wrap-up of Day 2 of Ventura's testimony.
—Alice Gainer, CBS News, 14 May 2025
Verb
However, instead of wrapping up storylines neatly, the series' final episode created more questions, and left many feeling cheated of a firm resolution.
—Julie Tremaine, People.com, 23 May 2025
The governor and legislative leaders are optimistic about wrapping up a new budget before the regular 2025 session ends on June 4.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 23 May 2025
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“Wrap-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrap-up. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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