as in endings
the last part of a process or action
the general announced that the remaining fighting would be only a mop-up to a war that was all but over
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Noun
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Parents are choosing names with softer sounds and vowel endings such as Alonso, Ilyas, Amos, and Lennon for boys, and Rhea, Rosalina, Aura, Ines, and Zeina for girls.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
9 June 2026 -
The end of Dexter is so widely hated that it’s considered by many to be among the worst TV show endings ever.—
Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 June 2026
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People can draw their own conclusions, though.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
7 June 2026
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Lee also warned about drawing strong conclusions from early returns, estimating that only about 40% of ballots cast had been counted through Wednesday.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 June 2026
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The drone filmed from the north and south ends of the channel and shot an FWC boat travelling around the same speed that Pino’s Robalo was going on the day of the crash and the same path before avoiding the piling at the last second.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
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Many of those students pay full price, helping colleges make ends meet.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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Kansas City is 2-4 in rubber games and 6-14 in series finales.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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Colbert’s goodbye — running some 17 minutes over — was ambitious in a way that other TV late night finales were not.—
Mark Kennedy,
Fortune,
23 May 2026
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Full moons are culminations — don’t forget to pause and see what’s already come full circle before rushing into more.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
28 Nov. 2025
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After all, exits and grand finales are part and parcel with any theater and therefore any showgirl's life, and could be purely symbolic in nature.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Mop-ups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mop-ups. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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