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ends 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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They also worried they could be targeted if a Hezbollah member ends up in their midst.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

“It’s a complicated set of tradeoffs and this gives us the option to go public sooner if that ends up being best,” OpenAI added.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

“But it’s a complicated set of tradeoffs and this gives us the option to go public sooner if that ends up being best.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

"It's a way you can often tell gender, race and religion. It's so much tied with identity that it ends up being quite significant in terms of how we categorise people," she says.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

I guess that solves the mystery of where all the soy sauce ends up.

From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm