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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
Klose scored his 16 goals while playing 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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Stephen Hawkins, Chicago Tribune, 22 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.
—ABC News, 22 June 2026
The installation began earlier this year and wrapped up about a month ago.
—Sacbee.com, 22 June 2026
Construction on Young's home and the other Habitat houses wrapped up in February.
—Veronica Ortega, CBS News, 22 June 2026
The New York Giants are enjoying their summer break after minicamp wrapped up last week.
—Dan Duggan, New York Times, 16 June 2026
In his first season with the New York Knicks, Clarkson appeared in four of the five games in the NBA Finals series triumph over the San Antonio Spurs that wrapped up Saturday.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2026
Typically, those decisions are wrapped up by June 30th or at the latest by early July.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 15 June 2026
Your Friends & Neighbors wrapped up its second season this week.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
Stephen Hawkins, Chicago Tribune, 22 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.
—ABC News, 22 June 2026
The installation began earlier this year and wrapped up about a month ago.
—Sacbee.com, 22 June 2026
Construction on Young's home and the other Habitat houses wrapped up in February.
—Veronica Ortega, CBS News, 22 June 2026
The New York Giants are enjoying their summer break after minicamp wrapped up last week.
—Dan Duggan, New York Times, 16 June 2026
In his first season with the New York Knicks, Clarkson appeared in four of the five games in the NBA Finals series triumph over the San Antonio Spurs that wrapped up Saturday.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2026
Typically, those decisions are wrapped up by June 30th or at the latest by early July.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 15 June 2026
Your Friends & Neighbors wrapped up its second season this week.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrapped up
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Both tournaments brought disappointment and his reign as coach ended after being confronted at the team’s hotel in Abidjan by angry supporters.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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Fox's paranormal sci-fi series was absolutely beyond its time and still holds up well over a decade after its five-season run ended.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
17 June 2026
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The last 11 years -- from 2015 to 2025 -- have been the hottest on record, according to scientific data from NOAA and the Copernicus Climate Change Service and summarized in a report released earlier this year by the World Meteorological Organization.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
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Here’s the five-day forecast for Broward and Palm Beach counties, summarized by AI based on information from the National Weather Service.—
Ruth Abramovitz,
Sun Sentinel,
15 June 2026
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In seven years with the country’s women, Herdman had taken a team that finished last in the 2011 World Cup to the quarterfinals of the next tournament, sandwiched between two bronze-medal performances in the Olympic Games.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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The White Sox won for the fifth time in their last 17 road games and finished 6-5 in an 11-game stretch against the Phillies, Braves, Dodgers and Yankees.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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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.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
22 June 2026
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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.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
22 June 2026
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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.—
Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
23 June 2026
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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.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
22 June 2026
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Examples of such unauthorized access to personal data abound, including a recent case where the healthcare data of some 500,000 participants in the UK Biobank wound up listed for sale on the Chinese website Alibaba.—
Sharon Lerner,
ProPublica,
17 June 2026
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Another one also wound up getting away from the Heat as an ancillary part of the Lillard negotiations.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
17 June 2026
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