endgame

noun

end·​game ˈen(d)-ˌgām How to pronounce endgame (audio)
: the stage of a chess game after major reduction of forces
also : the final stage of some action or process

Examples of endgame in a Sentence

they're now in the endgame of the negotiations for a new labor contract
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Trump has struggled to find an endgame to the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, which show no signs of abating. Aamer Madhani, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2025 Trump has struggled to find an endgame to either of those conflicts and to make good on two of his biggest foreign policy campaign promises. Arkansas Online, 14 June 2025 While loosening of many environmental regulations has been a goal of the Republican party for decades, many view the Trump endgame to be a glide path towards more oil and gas drilling, mining, logging and other land uses without tough or even any environmental restrictions to slow or prevent them. Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2025 Foreign governments leave meetings with the Trump administration confused about the American president’s endgame. Emily Kilcrease, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for endgame

Word History

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of endgame was in 1881

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“Endgame.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/endgame. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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