endgame
noun
end·game
ˈen(d)-ˌgām 
: 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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Rivian still believes that the future of 100 percent electric vehicles represents the endgame for the entire automotive industry, even amid widespread backtracking from legacy automakers toward more internal-combustion and hybrid models.
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ArsTechnica, 9 June 2026
In late April, Hegseth appeared before the Armed Services Committee for a budget hearing that stretched nearly six hours and devolved at times into a debate over the war with Iran, its rationale, and its likely endgame.
—Nik Popli, Time, 8 June 2026
For Microsoft to outright claim addiction is its endgame is at best tone deaf, and at worst dangerously cynical.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 3 June 2026
And yet as the series expands from and twists around its simple horror concept (a wedding at the groom-to-be’s family house in the woods is fated for a titular dark catastrophe), Morrone’s performance as Rachel is able to shoulder the weight of quite a bit of backstory and a complicated endgame.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 May 2026
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ArsTechnica, 9 June 2026
In late April, Hegseth appeared before the Armed Services Committee for a budget hearing that stretched nearly six hours and devolved at times into a debate over the war with Iran, its rationale, and its likely endgame.
—Nik Popli, Time, 8 June 2026
For Microsoft to outright claim addiction is its endgame is at best tone deaf, and at worst dangerously cynical.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 3 June 2026
And yet as the series expands from and twists around its simple horror concept (a wedding at the groom-to-be’s family house in the woods is fated for a titular dark catastrophe), Morrone’s performance as Rachel is able to shoulder the weight of quite a bit of backstory and a complicated endgame.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 May 2026
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“Endgame.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/endgame. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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