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

The highly customizable shapes enable applications ranging from drug delivery systems to energy storage devices.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026
That includes implementing basic but effective cybersecurity measures such as making sure devices are up to date, limiting administrator access to systems and backing up important files and data, the NCSC said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of devices

Verb

Grand hotels can often feel daunting with small children in tow, but Badrutt confidently avoids that trap.

— Fergus Scholes, TheWeek, 3 Nov. 2026
Storing these propellants in their gaseous forms retains them in a less dense form but avoids the complexity of storage at cryogenic temperatures.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of avoids

Noun

There’s no such thing as a basic room here; even the smallest ones, at 240 to 260 square feet, look out over the bluffs to whitecaps winking in the sun.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026
Arriving guests are greeted by local baqueanos, or Chilean horsemen, in traditional ponchos, ready to lead trail rides along coastal bluffs.

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of bluffs

Verb

As the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics explains, energy confinement time describes how quickly thermal energy escapes from the plasma, rather than how long an experiment runs.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
The host enters the water, where the worm escapes from its body and begins the next stage of its life cycle.

— Tara Deans, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of escapes

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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