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noun

ending

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verb

present participle of end
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Recent Examples of ending
Noun
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the ending of the Vietnam War. Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 5 May 2025 This team hasn’t quite come to fruition yet, but the ending of The Marvels sees teenage hero Ms. Marvel/Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani) approach Hawkeye protégé Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld) in distinctly Fury-esque fashion, with the offer of a team-up. Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 2 May 2025
Verb
Former Dallas Cowboys star defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence shockingly signed a new contract with the Seattle Seahawks, ending his 11-season career in the NFC East. Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025 The businesswoman, 65, tells PEOPLE in an exclusive interview that ending seasons of the popular Bravo series takes a lot out of her and her costars. Nicholas Rice, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ending
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ending
Noun
  • The doughnuts were mostly available for now in Kentucky and Indiana but were set to expand nationwide by the end of 2026.
    Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • The company’s new survey found that 57% of motorists were actively comparison shopping at the end of 2024, compared to 49% at the same time in 2023.
    Dan Avery, CNBC, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Some frontline positions may be in the middle of fierce clashes when this order comes through, and a cessation of this nature likely requires days of preparation and readiness.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2025
  • According to a report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, if China’s trade controls result in a cessation of such exports, the U.S. won’t be able to fill the gap — and this could threaten Washington’s military capabilities.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The problem is partly that power plays depend on finishing — which can vary wildly in a small sample — while teams spend roughly 10 percent of game time with the man advantage.
    Murat Ates, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Most of the goals drop-off comes from a nosedive in finishing — the Jets have created more chances from prime real estate since the 4 Nations break than almost any other team.
    Murat Ates, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The case stemmed from a Groveland police officer in September 2020 stopping a Lyft car for speeding and tag lights that weren’t working.
    Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The director led the way past Dig HQ, past the two lichen-shaggy standing stones in the garden, and down a slope to Structure 27, Tam running ahead and stopping at the edge of the trench.
    Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Former police chief Joe Chacon, who served in the role from 2021 to 2023, nixed a plan to do so after concluding that the sidewalks were too narrow and could not safely contain the swarms of people that flock to the area on weekends.
    Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Resistant to sacrifice, the country was concluding that intelligence, integrity and mastery of the issues were not enough for presidential success.
    Jonathan Alter, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Sporting’s Joaquin Fernandez was lucky to not get sent off in the dying seconds of the opening half.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2025
  • The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future is a $10 billion boondoggle that places a very expensive band-aid on a dying public school system.
    Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Regarding the single-day ticket additions, Epp said this move was drawn from conclusions stemming from focus groups and fan surveys, and that these days 81 percent of the Sunday single-day ticket buyers were first-time attendees.
    Luke Smith, New York Times, 3 May 2025
  • One virtue, reasoning, is for analyzing the information and drawing conclusions.
    Andrew Abela, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
Noun
  • But America's oldest-running distillery ground to a halt last month amid historic and deadly flooding, when Buffalo Trace master distiller Harlen Wheatley says the nearby Kentucky River rose to over 48 feet.
    Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 3 May 2025
  • Operations to release public records requests largely ground to a halt, according to half a dozen current or former employees.
    Rachana Pradhan, CNN Money, 2 May 2025

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“Ending.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ending. Accessed 12 May. 2025.

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