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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

He dropped out of college, then returned, then left again, he said, ending up about 29 credits short of a bachelor’s degree.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

He said he saw a "flash of flame" under the bonnet of Rhys Jenkins' Toyota, which then spun, ending up facing back the way it had come.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Next problem: finding uses for all the animal parts that were ending up on the scrap heap.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield