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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Considering that Supermassive is known for their alternate choices and endings, Little Nightmares III still feels like the source material.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025 -
Happy endings only happen in the movies.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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It wasn’t discovered with the Hubble space telescope, but in all the years since, the Hubble space telescope has been our best tool to identify and measure these white dwarfs that explode as type Ia supernova, enabling us to draw these fascinating conclusions.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
17 Oct. 2025
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Too early for panic, too early for trades, too early for rankings, too early for conclusions.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Undermining the existing system for partisan ends won’t make the picture look any lovelier.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Twin Cities,
16 Oct. 2025
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Sheffield recalled her grandmother, who struggled to make ends meet, but always talked about the importance of education.—
Dana Afana,
Freep.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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Both the Tigers and Twins won their finales to set up a winner-take-all extra game – in Minneapolis, thanks to the Twins’ edge in the season series.—
Ryan Ford,
Freep.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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While this criticism is overstated, as a lot of his books have bone-chilling finales or thematically rich conclusions, there are certainly a lot of stories where he's failed to land the plane.—
James Grebey,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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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To have any hope of a successful turnaround, Spring felt that Macy’s needed a cultural reset first, to inspire a workforce battered by years of falling revenue, store closings, and staff reductions, and get buy-in to his strategy.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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McKinley County's poor infrastructure reflects its disproportionately high poverty rate — triple the national average — stemming in part from the closings of mines, power plants and oil refineries.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Mop-ups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mop-ups. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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