tail end

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Recent Examples of tail end During the beginning and tail end of winter, when the temperatures fluctuate more widely day by day, ice storms can hit hard and fast. Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 15 Mar. 2026 The Stars had rebounded from a season-worst, six-match winless skid to construct a three-game points streak, which disintegrated on Tuesday in just their second loss in eight tail ends of back-to-back sets. Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 14 Jan. 2026 The Madrid hierarchy was also in favour last summer of the idea of imposing more discipline and structure on the squad, especially bringing back into line the big-name individuals who, it was felt, had been allowed too much leeway during the low-key tail end of Ancelotti’s second spell last term. Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026 Minor flooding stretched across the Bay Area, and 48-hour rain totals sat as high as 5 to 6 inches in some mountainous regions as the weekend rainstorm began to reach its tail end. Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tail end
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tail end
Noun
  • Yusef Toubassi sits with his grandson Masa, looking on as children run by with cheeks painted bright colors and others howling with joy as clowns spin them around.
    Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Aug. 2026
  • When choosing a shade, think about the natural flush of your cheeks and match that.
    Valeriya Chupinina, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • In many cases, the robot tail wags the living dog by tricking it—tricking us—into caring about obscure metrics, then gamifying the process of improving them.
    Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Then, in 2023, as NASA brought the worm out of retirement, the logo regained its place on the tail, and the insignia (meatball) was moved to the body under the cockpits.
    Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Costco is an awkward exhibit for putting shareholder-value maximization in the driver’s seat.
    Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • As Democrats work to defend the Michigan Senate seat, their nominee apologizes for comments about a synagogue attack.
    NBC news, NBC news, 30 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • For families Apart from the family-sized villa estates and kid-friendly menus, Nihi has a host of activities that will please even the youngest beach bums.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2026
  • And for any bum stuff Ted might want confidentially looked at.
    Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • He was pushed back on his rear end on one play and was definitely exhausted by the end of practice.
    David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026
  • And according to Car Expert, Mitsubishi says the ASX VR-e will get some styling touches of its own for the front and rear ends, as well as the cabin and wheels.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Then, pair a Black Angus rump steak, aged for three weeks in herbed butter and redolent of fresh rosemary (€38), with a glass of a spicy-fruity Barolo from the pioneering Piedmont vintner Chiara Boschis (€22).
    New York Times, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • This would create partition on the patriots’ terms, not Britain’s, as 13 contiguous colonies seceded from the rump of the British Empire in North America.
    David Armitage, Washington Post, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • The soft, stretchy fabric moves with you across terminals without bunching or binding, and because the top and bottom are already matched, getting dressed at the crack of dawn requires zero thought.
    Jill Layton, PEOPLE, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The Twins struck back with three runs in the bottom of the first.
    LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026

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“Tail end.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tail%20end. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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