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as in ended
to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point
a grand parade will wrap up the weeklong celebration
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as in summarized
to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)
a reporter wrapped up the mayor's speech in a few sentences
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Recent Examples of wrapped up
The game wrapped up 3-3, including surprising goals for each side during stoppage time.
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Dominick Williams,
Kansas City Star,
29 June 2026
Schmitz was hired days after Ujiri's introduction, and with the coaching staff complete, the Mavericks have wrapped up 17 months of upheaval by finishing the move into a new era.
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CBS News,
29 June 2026
As the sun set on Sacramento Sunday, the city wrapped up hosting the X Games for the first time.
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Hannah Ruhoff
june 29,
Sacbee.com,
29 June 2026
The $102 million Imagine OPRF Project 2 began in summer 2024 and has largely wrapped up and is set to be unveiled later this summer.
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Cam'ron Hardy,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
Days earlier, the band had wrapped up a spring tour supporting the Viking headbangers Amon Amarth and Dethklok.
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Steve Appleford,
SPIN,
29 June 2026
Klose played in 24 World Cup matches for Germany, which wrapped up his fourth tournament by winning the 2014 final 1-0 in extra time over Messi and Argentina.
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ABC News,
22 June 2026
The New York Giants are enjoying their summer break after minicamp wrapped up last week.
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Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
Typically, those decisions are wrapped up by June 30th or at the latest by early July.
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Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
Dominick Williams,
Kansas City Star,
29 June 2026
Schmitz was hired days after Ujiri's introduction, and with the coaching staff complete, the Mavericks have wrapped up 17 months of upheaval by finishing the move into a new era.
—
CBS News,
29 June 2026
As the sun set on Sacramento Sunday, the city wrapped up hosting the X Games for the first time.
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Hannah Ruhoff
june 29,
Sacbee.com,
29 June 2026
The $102 million Imagine OPRF Project 2 began in summer 2024 and has largely wrapped up and is set to be unveiled later this summer.
—
Cam'ron Hardy,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
Days earlier, the band had wrapped up a spring tour supporting the Viking headbangers Amon Amarth and Dethklok.
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Steve Appleford,
SPIN,
29 June 2026
Klose played in 24 World Cup matches for Germany, which wrapped up his fourth tournament by winning the 2014 final 1-0 in extra time over Messi and Argentina.
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ABC News,
22 June 2026
The New York Giants are enjoying their summer break after minicamp wrapped up last week.
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Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
Typically, those decisions are wrapped up by June 30th or at the latest by early July.
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Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrapped up
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Soon after then-President Nicolás Maduro was captured by the US in January, Venezuela ended Cuba’s long-standing medical mission in the country, cutting off a key resource in underserved communities.
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On the way to the oyster farm, Luke asks about a ring Joy is wearing, which turns out to be from an engagement that ended badly.
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The records summarized why his account was suspended and logged 20 calls Nekhala made to try and reverse the suspension.
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Ultimately, the entire discipline of artificial intelligence can be summarized as the effort to recreate the intelligence of human brains in silicon machines.
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The Netherlands finished third in 2014 and second — for the third time — in 2010.
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Soon after the renovation was finished, the water turned bright green from algae and pieces of the new coating began to float to the surface.
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But the mission’s goals outlined by the space agency—tasks such as scouting unexplored terrain, detecting stores of subsurface ice and monitoring atmospheric dust—are a far cry from the preexisting priority of Mars Sample Return and the associated search for alien life.
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Should Tuesday's launch be delayed for any reason, SpaceX has outlined a backup opportunity on June 24, with a launch window opening at the same time.
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In a report made public on Monday, the National Institute of Standards and Technology concluded the partial collapse of Champlain Towers South was triggered in early June 2021 when two connections between garage columns and the condominium’s pool deck failed.
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), aka the UK’s data protection watchdog, has now concluded a two-year investigation into the incident and has found that sensitive personal information was indeed deliberately misused.
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Tolbert wound up at third base and scored on Loftin’s two-out RBI single.
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More than 120 people were evacuated from the MV Hondius in Spain’s Canary Islands early last month — including the 18 Americans who wound up in the National Quarantine Unit in Omaha — though most were from other countries.
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“Wrapped up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrapped%20up. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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