to end all
idiom
: being the final or ultimate version of something because nothing else comparable could follow
The company claims that its new product will be a/the computer to end all computers.
World War I was supposed to be the war to end all wars.
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In the summer of 2021, Meta’s Clegg embarked on a campaign to convince Zuckerberg and the company’s board members to end all political advertising on its social media networks — a policy already in place at Twitter.
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Sarah Ellison, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
Nina Dobrev dropped a vacation photo dump to end all vacation photo dumps.
—Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 7 June 2023
For Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban, Monday was the date night to end all date nights.
—Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023
With tears in her eyes, the episode ends, leaving viewers with the cliffhanger to end all cliffhangers.
—Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Apr. 2023
With only 64 roadgoing examples and 106 cars in total, the F1 is, according to many, the supercar to end all supercars.
—Basem Wasef, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2022
The show is framed around Jackson’s struggle to launch his 1992 Dangerous tour, which was to be the tour to end all tours.
—Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2022
After his early days in those grimy studios, Iovine scored the break to end all breaks, engineering records for a roster of artists that sounds like a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination list: Lennon.
—Euan McKirdy, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2022
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Sarah Ellison, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
Nina Dobrev dropped a vacation photo dump to end all vacation photo dumps.
—Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 7 June 2023
For Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban, Monday was the date night to end all date nights.
—Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023
With tears in her eyes, the episode ends, leaving viewers with the cliffhanger to end all cliffhangers.
—Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Apr. 2023
With only 64 roadgoing examples and 106 cars in total, the F1 is, according to many, the supercar to end all supercars.
—Basem Wasef, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2022
The show is framed around Jackson’s struggle to launch his 1992 Dangerous tour, which was to be the tour to end all tours.
—Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2022
After his early days in those grimy studios, Iovine scored the break to end all breaks, engineering records for a roster of artists that sounds like a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination list: Lennon.
—Euan McKirdy, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2022
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