1
as in to end
to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point
try to wind up the performance, as we're almost out of time
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2
as in to stop
to come to an end
her speeches usually wind up with one last joke
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as in ending
the last part of a process or action
wait until the windup of your sales pitch before giving up any information about the product's price point
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Recent Examples of wind up
Kirsten Acuna,
PEOPLE,
27 June 2026
Even the weddings that work overtime to prevent a kind of corniness from slipping in wind up being twice as corny in their own way.
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Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
Gary Phillips,
Hartford Courant,
23 Mar. 2026
Football fans needed time to accommodate themselves to Patrick Mahomes’s sidearm throws, as did the baseball fans who at first recoiled from Hideo Nomo’s tornado windup.
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Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
25 Dec. 2025
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Verb
Does Marcus wind up leaving The Bear?
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Kirsten Acuna,
PEOPLE,
27 June 2026
Even the weddings that work overtime to prevent a kind of corniness from slipping in wind up being twice as corny in their own way.
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Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
Noun
The one-inning, 10-pitch affair against the Red Sox also featured strong command and Cole’s new, over-the-head windup.
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Gary Phillips,
Hartford Courant,
23 Mar. 2026
Football fans needed time to accommodate themselves to Patrick Mahomes’s sidearm throws, as did the baseball fans who at first recoiled from Hideo Nomo’s tornado windup.
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Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
25 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wind up
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Soon after then-President Nicolás Maduro was captured by the US in January, Venezuela ended Cuba’s long-standing medical mission in the country, cutting off a key resource in underserved communities.
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Kirby gave up a one-out double to Josh Lowe in the fifth but struck out the side — including Neto — to end the inning.
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When there was a pause in the action, referee Raphael Claus stopped the match to look at VAR to determine whether Balogun committed a foul worthy of a red card.
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Making new friends isn’t something that has to stop at a certain point in your life.
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Skratch also interviewed other sources for its story who hinted at potential infidelity by Mickelson amid abrupt endings of memberships at other golf clubs.
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Wait, wasn’t the original happy ending supposed to have our protagonist pairing up with his son?
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The Charlotte City Council voted to select Harrington to finish out the term of Mayor Vi Lyles, which ends in December 2027.
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Each team will need to finish either in its group’s top two or rank in the top eight third-place teams to advance to the round of 32.
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Unlike the federal tax credits that expired in September, these incentives offer an instant discount and don’t require buyers to apply for credit later.
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After that agreement expires, the government and Estrada may extend that on an annual basis.
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Instead of presenting a conclusion alone, the system can show the factors that contributed to a recommendation, including the data used, operational constraints considered, and alternative options that were evaluated.
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The company says the claims contain flawed conclusions and rejects the characterization of the technology as a botnet.
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The bidding process that won AllHere the contract had concluded months before the Carvalho travel to Washington.
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The series is even, 1-1, and concludes Sunday afternoon.
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Sony Interactive Entertainment, the largest video game company in the world by direct revenue, will reportedly cease production of physical discs for its formidable library of games for the PlayStation console.
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Founder David DeHaney, who set up the company in 2016, announced the decision to cease trading and appoint an administrator on Thursday.
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“Wind up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wind%20up. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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