wrapped up

past tense of wrap up

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of wrapped up The precise figures go unpublished, all wrapped up in one big commercial total in the accounts, but there is unlikely to be a bigger deal of its kind in the Premier League. James Pearce, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 The former finance worker wrapped up his own aerospace career back in 2017, winding down from a three-decade career of crunching financial figures. Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026 Notre Dame safety Adon Shuler had just wrapped up practice Wednesday at the Irish Athletics Center, putting the final work in before Sunday’s season opener against Wisconsin at Lambeau Field. Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026 Hollywood has just wrapped up its best summer in a decade and its biggest vibe shift since the pandemic. ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026 Furious season 1 wrapped up the case as Alice arrested Catherine at Jay Easton’s (Peter McRobbie) house — the site where Catherine and her friend Isabel (Larissa Campos) were abused. Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026 Smith and the Pacers wrapped up summer league play on July 18, meaning Smith stood by for one day shy of a full month before inking his first NBA contract. Tony East, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Being wrapped up in a soft cardigan is a quintessential fall feeling, and this budget-friendly staple is likely to spend more time out of your closet than in it this season. Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2026 Boise State football wrapped up fall camp on Saturday afternoon with its second scrimmage within the space of a week, bringing to a close a grueling 18 days of practices ahead of the start of the season in two weeks. Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 23 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrapped up
Verb
  • United ended their four-season sleeve sponsorship with DXC Technology in August, with the team instead wearing the standard Premier League sleeve patches, as required by league regulations, for the opening games.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Disagreements over how to resolve the problem created a political crisis that ended an alliance between leading figures in the government that came to power in 2024.
    Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • As can best be summarized, the title character Niu Lai is a young calf born to a forest/shifting dreamscape who relies on his mother for protection.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Generic content is more likely to be summarized as common knowledge than cited as evidence of authority.
    Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The body was then finished in an iridescent mother-of-pearl white, providing a suitably extravagant backdrop for the jewelry-like detailing.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Sabalenka finished off Tuesday's match with a second-serve ace to turn back the Wimbledon champion and reach the semifinals in Flushing Meadows for the sixth straight year.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Just two years ago, Albemarle outlined $750 million in cost-cutting measures including layoffs and project postponements amid plummeting EV sales.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The order Graf read from the bench outlined the evidence presented during the hearing, ruling that the prosecution had met the threshold of probable cause and can still pursue the death penalty.
    Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Some saw the other cheaters get away with it and concluded the prompt forbidding cheating had no teeth—that there wouldn’t be any punishment for cheating.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Jurors concluded that if NFL teams competed with one another in broadcasting deals, fans would reap the benefits of that competition.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • First coach fired Three of the four leading vote getters in last season's poll wound up losing their jobs before the playoffs began, so this list might not be a comfortable place for the guys in the corner offices.
    The Athletic NFL Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • But just because money from the trademark deal wound up being used to influence legislation, the judge said, doesn’t mean the deal was made for that purpose.
    Kenny Torrella, Vox, 9 Sep. 2026

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“Wrapped up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrapped%20up. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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