WRAPPING UP Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

wrapping up

verb

Definition of wrapping up next

present participle of wrap up

as in ending

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 summarizing

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 wrapping up Last, but certainly not least, the PCMag security team has been at the 2026 RSAC Conference this week, which is just wrapping up. —

Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026 The new single and album news came the day before McCartney is set to do a two-night stand at the Fonda Theatre in Hollywood, his first live dates since wrapping up a 2025 arena tour in November. —

Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026 Luka Doncic finished with 43 points on 15-for-30 shooting as four Lakers scored in double figures, wrapping up a 5-1 trip with their 13th win in the past 15 games. —

Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026 The rupture occurred as the agency was wrapping up major infrastructure upgrades at the facility, injuring one worker and prompting a Yuba River conservation group to report that hundreds, and possibly thousands, of young Chinook salmon were stranded and died in the rocks along the shore. —

Chaewon Chung march 13, Sacbee.com, 14 Mar. 2026 Transportation Security Administration officers are wrapping up their fourth week of working without pay amid a fight over the Department of Homeland Security’s budget. —

Charles Minshew, AJC.com, 13 Mar. 2026 Of the program’s primary assistant coaches, Roberto Bergersen is the shortest tenured at four years, while Tim Duryea is wrapping up his eighth season and Mike Burns his 10th. —

Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026 As such, Godflesh will cease to perform live starting immediately, and are wrapping up their remaining two albums that were already underway. —

Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 5 Mar. 2026 His character passed away at the beginning of season nine in 2012, wrapping up the previous season’s cliffhanger in which a plane carrying the staff of the Seattle hospital crashed, killing Sloan’s beloved Lexie and leaving the plastic surgeon with injuries that proved to be fatal. —

Anna Chan, Billboard, 27 Feb. 2026

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Ducks captain Radko Gudas, slowed by a lower-body injury, insisted on playing in the rematch of a March 12 game in which his knee-on-knee hit on Auston Matthews led to a season-ending injury for the Toronto captain and a five-game suspension for Gudas.

— CBS News, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
The legislation also calls for ending the sales tax on school supplies like pens, pencils, crayons, backpacks and lunchboxes, along with energy efficient appliances for residential use, including washers, dryers, air conditioners, dehumidifiers, and standard-size refrigerators, among others.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2026