the tail end

noun

: the last part of something
She is at the tail end of her career.

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At the rear of the aircraft, a staircase ascends into the tail end of the plane. Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025 Meanwhile, from the tail end, a raucous exhaust soundtrack almost borders on egregiously loud. Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025 Lin, its inventor, was born in 1895 in southern China during the tail end of a failing Qing dynasty. Emily Feng, NPR, 5 July 2025 Images posted on social media showed the tail end of a Super Heavy booster being raised from the sea off the coast of northern Mexico. Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for the tail end

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“The tail end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20tail%20end. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.

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