How to Use bring (something) to an end in a Sentence

bring (something) to an end

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  • So, the removal of this bug will bring to an end the confusing experience some iPhone users have had.
    David Phelan, Forbes, 4 June 2022
  • Dorff also said the Oneida have a right to that land and believes the city shouldn't be attempting to block their efforts to purchase it — something the current proposal would bring to an end.
    Haley Bemiller and Frank Vaisvilas, Star Tribune, 22 Feb. 2021
  • The agreement would bring to an end a lawsuit that filed nine months after state lawmakers created the state Department of Child Safety, at the urging of then-Gov.
    Arizona Republic, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Michelle Adams is exploring a range of ideas in education and housing that are meant to bring to an end the phenomenon of poor all-Black neighborhoods.
    Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 26 July 2021
  • The festivities bring to an end one of the biggest surprises and most polarizing athletes throughout the draft season.
    Norma Gonzalez, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Brittney Griner’s detention (and the war in Ukraine) may bring to an end the pipeline of American basketball players competing in Russia.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 6 May 2022
  • The agreement brings to an end an odyssey that started with a 2016 referendum that was won on the back of a campaign that sought to bring to an end the free movement of immigrants from the EU and criticized the EU as remote and undemocratic.
    Jason Douglas, WSJ, 24 Dec. 2020
  • The successful formation of a coalition would bring to an end a political crisis that has led to multiple fruitless elections.
    Jemima McEvoy, Forbes, 30 May 2021
  • The deal closing would bring to an end a months-long battle over the acquisition, which Musk previously sought to exit but earlier this month agreed to move forward with the deal on the originally agreed upon terms.
    Donie O'Sullivan, CNN, 26 Oct. 2022
  • That will bring to an end some 30 years and $10 billion of planning, building, testing, and innovating, followed by six months of terror, tension, and anticipation.
    Dennis Overbye, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2022
  • The abrupt purging of top executives and the lack of any official update from Twitter regarding the status of the acquisition appeared to bring to an end, in fitting fashion, one of the most bizarre deals in corporate history.
    Kylie Robison, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Such an agreement could bring to an end a contentious, monthslong back and forth between Musk and Twitter that has caused massive uncertainty for employees, investors and users of one of the world’s most influential social media platforms.
    Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 5 Oct. 2022

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