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end up



VERB
to reach or arrive at
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That’s how many seasons 17-year-old college basketball recruits end up playing at the university level before they can go pro.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

Doing your own heat loss calculation may end up "over-intellectualising" things, says Adam Chapman, chief geek at heat pump training firm and installer network Heat Geek.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

She has Type 1 diabetes and had a medical emergency that caused her son to end up in foster care.

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2026

"Shurugwi will end up an uninhabitable ghost town if wanton extraction continues," he said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

“It took a lot of hard work, but I’m glad every day that I made that decision and didn’t end up with some super-easy profession, like neurosurgeon.”

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff


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