round (off or out)

1
as in to end
to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point I'll round off the meeting here and let everyone get an early start on the weekend

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2
as in to complement
to serve as a completing element to coffee and dessert rounded out the meal

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Verb
  • In between plays, Waddle and former University of Alabama teammate Tua Tagovailoa were talking it up on the sidelines — laughing and chatting as the air horn blew, ending the day.
    Kaitlyn Pohly, Miami Herald, 3 June 2025
  • But since the spring legislative session ended, Ford has had joint meetings with cannabis and hemp operators in an attempt to reach some compromise.
    Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
Verb
  • Passive income should complement your current offers, not compete with them.
    Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
  • Her flashy game perfectly complements that of Allisha Gray, the WNBA Eastern Conference player of the month.
    Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
Verb
  • If one or more teams are level at the end of the group stage, their finishing position will be determined by points obtained in the matches between the sides in question, not goal difference, like at the World Cup.
    Will Jeanes, New York Times, 6 June 2025
  • Either way, finish the process by wiping the area down with clean water and drying with a towel to remove any remaining moisture.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 5 June 2025
Verb
  • Bowling Green concludes the regular season November 25 at UMass, the team’s only trip outside the region, though like the other 11 games is in the Eastern Time Zone.
    Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
  • That opinion echoed what previous official inquiries had concluded.
    Sarah Bedford, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2025
Verb
  • The bottoms were adorned with allover Swarovski rhinestones.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 June 2025
  • Shops across the city are adorned in green and gold — green for pistachios, gold for the dessert's flakey crust.
    Fatma Tanis, NPR, 7 June 2025
Verb
  • The Checkers and Canucks could wind up being the last winter sports teams playing in the 2024-25 season (more below).
    Steve Lyttle, Charlotte Observer, 13 June 2025
  • That means even if Apple isn’t first to roll out a software innovation, loads of people will still use wind up using their version.
    CNN.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 10 June 2025
Verb
  • After the supplies were unloaded, Qasem Hassan pulled a medical smock over her black jacket and entered a classroom decorated with diagrams of the digestive system.
    Eyal Press, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
  • These partners don’t just decorate boats with their logos.
    Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Verb
  • The Orange County Transportation Authority, which oversees the rail corridor there, recently completed emergency repairs to a rock revetment that protects the tracks from coastal erosion.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
  • Dart completed 117 passes for 1,353 yards and nine touchdowns.
    Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
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“Round (off or out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/round%20%28off%20or%20out%29. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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