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noun

ending

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verb

present participle of end
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Recent Examples of ending
Noun
Based on that ending and based on the appearance of a new twisted villain who’s into draining his victims’ blood, the season should start heating up right around now. Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025 And then without changing a frame other than the new ending, all those notes went away. Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025
Verb
After ending 2024 with successive Premier League defeats, Enzo Maresca’s side contrived to throw away a lead late on as Crystal Palace rallied to claim a draw at Selhurst Park. Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025 The court ruled in his favor, ending the alimony payments. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ending
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ending
Noun
  • Nature’s Best Photography is accepting submissions for its 2025 edition now until the end of March, and people of all ages and levels of expertise can enter here.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
  • This is part of the Jimmy Butler effect, as the Heat had the league’s eight-highest free-throw attempt rate this season through the end of 2024 when Butler was still on the roster.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The crucial question, though, is whether this creeping ceasefire is the start of a real peace process that may develop into an actual cessation of hostilities and even a lasting peace in Ukraine.
    Matthew Chance, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Its cessation would cause an immediate breakdown in command and control across Ukrainian frontlines, which would be militarily disastrous.
    Jack Watling, Foreign Affairs, 24 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Injuries, a declining offence and a disappointing bullpen all led to the club finishing last in the American League East.
    Kaitlyn McGrath, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The class in Nebraska six years ago featured Omaha Burke’s Xavier Watts, who is finishing an All-America career at Notre Dame in the CFP.
    Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • It can also be caused by significant stress, surgery, or stopping birth control pills.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 8 Jan. 2025
  • After stopping the vehicle, Jackson reportedly ran from the car with a gun in his hand, according to court records.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Former police chief Joe Chacon, who served in the role from 2021 to 2023, nixed a plan to do so after concluding that the sidewalks were too narrow and could not safely contain the swarms of people that flock to the area on weekends.
    Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Resistant to sacrifice, the country was concluding that intelligence, integrity and mastery of the issues were not enough for presidential success.
    Jonathan Alter, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Estate Taxes The federal estate tax exclusion for decedents dying in 2025 will increase to $13,990,000 per person, or $27,980,000 per married couple.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In the summer of 1976, Alice left Clinton to be with her father, who was dying.
    Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The new agreement will come at the conclusion of the previous 12-year deal agreed to by both parties, which was signed in 2013 for $5.2 billion Canadian.
    Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Other risk assessments by the center have been posted by the CDC even though their conclusions might seem obvious.
    Patricia Callahan, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In today’s interconnected world, a virus emerging in one corner of the globe can bring entire economies to a halt and overwhelm healthcare systems thousands of miles away.
    Robert B. Tucker, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Community backlash forced revisions to the flawed plan and brought the zoning rewrite to a halt.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025

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“Ending.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ending. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.

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