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ending up

VERB

become eventually; come to a close

Synonyms

STRONGEST

finish finish up stop wind up

WEAK

arrive finally cease come to a halt finish as turn out to be

Antonyms

STRONGEST

begin commence start

Example Sentences

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Fure said she was also concerned about plastics ending up in the Hogsmill River, which borders the southern edge of the site.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

“State media ending up in the training data will affect LLMs generally,” Roberts, co-director of China Data Lab at the University of California San Diego, told me.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

That hypothesis suggests the mammals sometimes travel to feeding grounds in the Antarctic but then take a different journey home -- ending up in a completely new breeding area.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

In many cases, people who regained weight returned to a body composition similar to where they started, rather than ending up in worse condition.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

I was pretty sure Grandpa Park was wrong about me ending up in a ditch.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff