as in endings
the last part of a process or action
they're now in the endgame of the negotiations for a new labor contract
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Noun
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Death, rape, medical abuse, and torture abound, happy endings don’t exist.—
Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
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The series finale delivered happy endings for each of the other characters as well that also differed from the book.—
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New America researchers arrived at similar conclusions when studying congressional districts.—
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Steves, like the researchers themselves, cautioned against drawing broad conclusions from this study, which focuses on just one person, since the aging process is different for everyone.—
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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.—
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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.—
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“Endgames.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endgames. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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