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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they're now in the endgame of the negotiations for a new labor contract
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As Syria’s war between pro-government forces and rebels reaches its endgame, Idlib has become a dumping ground for militants who have refused to surrender to the government elsewhere in the country.
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Endgame, by Ahmet Altan, translated from the Turkish by Alexander Dawe (Europa).
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This sort of incremental, internal updating is a common endgame for a good gadget that has found its form-factor footing, and the Surface Pro took a rough road to get here.
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Maybe there is no endgame, the two sides exchanging blows until one of them falls exhausted to the mat.
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The endgame of Mars Direct is to terraform the planet, creating a self-sustaining home away from home by radically manipulating the environment.
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First Known Use of endgame
1881
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