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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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Wall Street rallied and oil prices tumbled Thursday after Trump's comments, with the broad-based S&P 500 ending up 1.8 percent.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

"As a result, conscripts are now ending up in the war in record numbers."

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 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

Devine masterfully shuffled around her crease throughout, often ending up in a heap on the ground, but it was effective in throwing the seamers off their length.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Jesse couldn’t believe how many of his friends were ending up like this.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz