Definition of endgame
:the stage of a chess game after major reduction of forces;
also
:the final stage of some action or process
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Examples of endgame in a Sentence
they're now in the endgame of the negotiations for a new labor contract
Recent Examples of endgame from the Web
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And that is what the endgame was before there was a shot clock, this never-ending calculation.
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Once the speculation about a pardon for Arpaio surfaced, the endgame was never in doubt.
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Then Schreiber gets to his current endgame as the interview wraps.
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Peter couldn’t commit to engagement, which Rachel repeatedly said was the endgame for her—this is a Bachelor show, after all.
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The induction of Agent Preston into the Blue Rose task force sets the stage of a plotting endgame.
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CBS renewed the show for two additional seasons— 44 total episodes — in which sources say is likely to be the show's endgame.
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While Thrones has been teasing the impending conflict between the living and the White Walkers since its very first scene, the ultimate endgame of the Others is still pretty ambiguous.
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Why would Smith, all by his lonesome, spend so much time and effort trying to track down this extremely sensitive information without any endgame in mind?
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First Known Use of endgame
1881
endgame Synonyms
Synonyms
capper, close, closing, conclusion, consummation, end, finale, ending, finis, finish, grand finale, home stretch, mop-up, windup, wrap-upAntonyms
baseline, beginning, dawn, day one, nascence, nascency, opening, startRelated Words
acme, apex, capstone, climax, copestone, coup de grâce (or coup de grace), crescendo, crown, culmination, high-water mark, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, tip-top, top, zenith; aftermath, anticlimax, coda, epilogue (also epilog), postscript; shank, tag end, tail endNear Antonyms
foreword, introduction, overture, preamble, preface, prelude, prologue (also prolog)Learn More about endgame
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