end to end

idiom

: with ends touching each other
Put the two small tables end to end.
railroad cars lined up end to end

Examples of end to end in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Bruins rolled the Buffaloes from end to end, gaining 487 total yards including 218 on the ground. Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2023 Plot Your Course From end to end, North Carolina's Outer Banks is a string of offshore barrier islands mounded with some of the tallest sand dunes on the East Coast, delivering an edge-of-the-world seascape. Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2023 This is a colossal task—laid end to end, the paintings are about as long as the Chrysler Building is tall—but Cvijanovic learned to paint fast during his years in the work-for-hire wilderness. Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2023 Bakhmut is small, roughly 40 square kilometers, and just a little more than an hour by bicycle from end to end. Haiane Avakian, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2023 This will happen as the connected vehicle and 5G networks discussed above come together as an end to end system. Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2023 The combination living and dining space stretches 45 feet end to end, while the kitchen includes a walk-in pantry and separate laundry room. Mark David, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2023 Although his work at the MTA was cut short, Byford was credited for his focus on improving frequency and service, as well as infrastructural proposals to modernize the system end to end. Curbed, 24 Mar. 2023 All 90 feet of the fly line features a weighted core, and many are the same diameter from end to end, which means there’s no tapered section to help the line shoot easily through the guides. Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 6 July 2023 See More

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“End to end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/end%20to%20end. Accessed 28 Nov. 2023.

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