tail end

NOUN

tail

Synonyms

WEAK

appendage behind butt end buttocks caudal appendage conclusion empennage end extremity fag end hind end hind part hindmost part last part posterior rear rear end rump stub tag end tailpiece tush wagger

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I was born in 1962, at the tail end of the baby boom era.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

On Friday, Kumar was near the tail end of a line of around 100 people, many of them women with children in tow, at a gas dealer in Noida.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

But the differential has been positive since the very tail end of 2020, and has spiked significantly since mid-February.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Importantly, this new rally comes at the tail end of one of the most notable S&P 500/gold ratio declines, “suggesting markets are not complacent at all about geopolitical risks/concerns,” he says.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

Shooting stars with figures riding at the tail end, animals talking to each other at the park, even the golden arrows that had led him to the book.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

tail end

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