tail end

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Recent Examples of tail end Still, given he’s been available save for the team occasionally resting him on either the front or tail end of games on consecutive nights, Williams remains dumbfounded the process got reversed. Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2025 Then again, maybe an Emira with a stick shift and AMG turbo-four would just be too perfect of a car, in this liminal tail end of the internal-combustion era. Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024 Okami is a cult classic game from Capcom that was released on the PS2 all the way back in 2006 at the very tail end of the PS2's life. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024 Kelce would need to leave by 3 p.m. CT and have everything go perfect to make the very tail end of the red carpet before the show starts. Bryan West, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for tail end
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tail end
Noun
  • And best of all is the way its cocktail of growth factors, peptides, collagen amino acids, and wild yam extract comes together to bring baby cheeks–levels of plumpness to your skin.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Her glam consisted of loose waves, subtle smoky eyeshadow and peachy tones on her cheeks and lips.
    Laney Crawley, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There are peacocks everywhere on this island, hundreds of them, maybe thousands, towing their long blue and green tails behind them.
    Sara Stridsberg September 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Comets are among the most captivating wanderers of the solar system — icy relics from its earliest days that blaze across the sky with glowing tails and mysterious origins.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Republicans hold a strong majority in both chambers of the General Assembly, holding 29 out of 35 seats in the Senate and 81 of 100 seats in the House.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Heated seats also are standard on the ’25 model.
    Mark Phelan, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • When law enforcement showed up, Davis asked to have his hands cuffed in front of him, so as not to aggravate his bum shoulder.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Celebratory backslaps, encouraging bum-pats and the fall of opposition wickets celebrated en masse are often an indication of a team’s togetherness.
    James Wallace, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Ferrari has been facing challenges in setting its car in the right performance window with a more stable rear end, which Hamilton strongly prefers.
    Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The Elevated Velocity’s profile ― long hood, spacious interior, short rear overhang, fastback rear end ― is consistent with the current Cadillac Lyriq and Celestiq.
    Mark Phelan, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • An old ram has a bony, sloping rump; a healthy young ram has a more muscular, rounded rump.
    Tim Kelly, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
  • His skin was taut with strength; his rump came right off his back like his father’s.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Fine arts at the bottom seems to have some rationale to it.
    Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The list of list surveyed is, as ever, at the bottom.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • According to the San Diego Police Department, two female joggers were grabbed on the behind by another jogger — one at the end of June in the Mount Soledad area and one in late July in the Pacific Beach area.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
  • With Buehler off the roster, the Red Sox are left kicking themselves in the behind for the decision.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025

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“Tail end.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tail%20end. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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