END RUNS Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

end runs 1 of 2

noun

plural of end run

as in devices

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end-runs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of end-run

as in avoids

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Noun

Every transformer on the grid—from the cylinders perched on utility lines to the big spiky devices at substations—trades voltage for current at a fixed ratio.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Within a day, the researcher began seeing active scanning of the simulated Plex server and eventually successful attempts to infect devices.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of devices

Verb

Settling at concept stage which layers can share, and which cannot, avoids both.

— Stephen Farrugia, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Interestingly, the system stays within existing 18 kV power equipment limits and avoids costly requalifications of subsea infrastructure.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of avoids

Noun

Limestone bluffs, dramatic plaza entrances Notable, construction will include digging a 90-foot hole and sculpting the stadium site out of the ground’s limestone.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026
The Missouri River Runner runs daily and is a nearly 6-hour, one-way ride, tracing the Missouri river past bluffs, forests, and vineyards blazing red and gold each fall.

— Lauren Dana Ellman, Midwest Living, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of bluffs

Verb

Neither of those interpretations would be entirely invalid, exactly, and yet The Basics of Philosophy — ironically enough, given its title — mostly evades any such moral didacticism.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026
Journalists and negotiators follow up when someone evades the point.

— Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of evades

Noun

What follows is a modern picaresque journey, in which a clever underdog has to rely on her wit and wiles to survive a corrupt and perilous world.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
The teaser shows Jordan as Crown pulling off a number of dangerous stunts against a backdrop of slick cities, breathtaking landscapes, and museums with top-of-the-line security measures that can’t stand up against the wiles of his debonair thievery.

— Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 29 July 2026

Definition of wiles

Verb

Max Mathews Everton With one week to go until the start of the season, a new right-back still eludes Everton.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Although Futterman adeptly surveys tennis’s stressors, the shape of the crisis that tennis faces, and its stakes, eludes him.

— Josh Levin, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026

Definition of eludes

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