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

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Noun

Sassa hopes the project will eventually yield advanced devices that can — much like living organisms — self-assemble, adapt to their surroundings, and autonomously repair themselves.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 July 2026
The sheriff urged the public to have safety devices like life vests on hand when gathering near bodies of water.

— Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of devices

Verb

Jones hopes the study finds improvements to the current system Charlotte Water works under, and that the state avoids overinvesting into industries that take up a lot of water such as data centers.

— Zaire Breedlove, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026
Assigning responsibility for each bill upfront avoids awkward money moments later.

— Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of avoids

Noun

The Latour influence stretched from European high society to the Artois brewing empire, before finally reaching the bluffs of Esparza.

— Donna Hardie-Scott, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Wilson State Park, Kansas Wilson State Park is home to beautiful sandstone bluffs and its own reservoir, which offers excellent fishing (for bass and walleye), kayaking, swimming, and paddleboarding.

— Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026

Definition of bluffs

Verb

When his former sister-in-law Rachel Mills (Britt Lower) visits him in prison with new evidence that Matthew might still be alive, David escapes and sets out on a mission to rescue him.

— Emma Banks, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026
Ginsburg recommends inspecting the plant under bright light so nothing escapes your notice.

— Colleen Sullivan, Martha Stewart, 21 July 2026

Definition of escapes

Noun

Trump made half-hearted feints to target Wall Street, through proposals like curbing defense contractor stock buybacks and foreign job outsourcing, but there’s been no real follow through on any of these policies.

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026
There are neat little flicks, slalom runs, full-body feints, through balls.

— New York Times, New York Times, 10 June 2026

Definition of feints

Verb

This skin-crawling faux-documentary concerns a prolific New York serial killer who evades capture despite recording his brazen crimes.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
However, Noussair Mazraoui evades Casemiro’s challenge far too easily before Bilal El Khannouss releases Achraf Hakimi on the far side.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 6 July 2026

Definition of evades

Noun

Penelope is Odysseus’ equal, in cunning, in stubbornness, in wiles.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
The format has an all-powerful ‘Taskmaster’ who, with the help of a loyal assistant, tests the wiles of a panel of comedians over the course of each series by setting them weird and wonderful challenges.

— Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2026

Definition of wiles

Verb

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
But in the country’s 250th year, many Americans feel the goal, a milestone of adulthood and a marker of financial success, eludes them.

— Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 28 June 2026

Definition of eludes

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