end-all
Example Sentences
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It's not the be-all and end-all, but it would be another marker the players can look back on.
From BBC
“We didn’t even really think of ourselves really as, like, Hispanic — I mean, we all were, but it wasn’t the end-all be-all,” Barrios said.
From Los Angeles Times
Ultimately, in a game where the score isn’t the end-all, be-all — but the fun is — the Bananas beat the Firefighters 5–2.
From Los Angeles Times
Promotion is the be-all and end-all here, failure to achieve that will mean enduring those dreary 0-0s will have been for nothing.
From BBC
He told Laverne that while he still works "very, very hard" it is no longer the "be-all and end-all of everything".
From BBC
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