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1
as in finished
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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as in ended
to come to an end
her speeches usually wind up with one last joke
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Recent Examples of wound up
Worse, Rantanen and the Stars wound up eliminating Colorado in Round 2 of the NHL playoffs last spring.
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Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
Vásquez made his first start toward the end of April 2024 and wound up making 20 starts while teaming with Matt Waldron as a bridge while the team managed injuries to both Darvish and Musgrove.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
Gillis couldn’t get Book to the bar, but Book wound up getting Gillis into an Eagles practice.
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Chouinard wound up backing a young environmental activist named Mark Capelli who led an effort to halt development on the Ventura.
—David Gelles, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
About 43 minutes included in the director’s cut wound up being destroyed so that the silver nitrate could be retrieved from the physical print.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
The judge wound up authorizing his release from custody, so Epstein was alone in his cell from then until his death.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Four Black undergraduate students at Harvard University wound up being held at gunpoint during a swatting incident at the Ivy League school in 2023, according to reporting by The Harvard Crimson.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
The change wound up affecting the number of vendors, with 91 planned for the original date for the show in July.
—David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
Vásquez made his first start toward the end of April 2024 and wound up making 20 starts while teaming with Matt Waldron as a bridge while the team managed injuries to both Darvish and Musgrove.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
Gillis couldn’t get Book to the bar, but Book wound up getting Gillis into an Eagles practice.
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Chouinard wound up backing a young environmental activist named Mark Capelli who led an effort to halt development on the Ventura.
—David Gelles, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
About 43 minutes included in the director’s cut wound up being destroyed so that the silver nitrate could be retrieved from the physical print.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
The judge wound up authorizing his release from custody, so Epstein was alone in his cell from then until his death.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Four Black undergraduate students at Harvard University wound up being held at gunpoint during a swatting incident at the Ivy League school in 2023, according to reporting by The Harvard Crimson.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
The change wound up affecting the number of vendors, with 91 planned for the original date for the show in July.
—David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wound up
Verb
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In 2006, Hilleary sought the GOP Senate nomination in Tennessee but finished third.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Animal Crossing decompilation community had just finished reverse-engineering the game's source code, providing readable C instead of PowerPC assembly.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Dow ended the day in the green but significantly off session highs, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite closed the session lower.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Finances got so bad, and mistrust so high, that New York mob boss Meyer Lansky, an old childhood friend whose money was financing the project, allegedly ordered the hit that ended Siegel’s life in July 1947.—
Julie Tremaine,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The video concluded with Sharon smiling for the camera while an owl was perched on her raptor glove.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Osbroune concluded her message with a heartfelt note of gratitude.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
13 Sep. 2025
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There’s even a full urban adventure to get the players wrapped up with the power players in shadow.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Debuting last fall, English Teacher wrapped up its eight-episode season with Evan surprisingly rekindling things with his ex Malcolm, played by Jordan Firstman.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
10 Sep. 2025
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Streep scored a Best Actress nomination for her work in the film, though Redford was left off the nominations list.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Sep. 2025
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Bui picked up where Low-Sabado left off.—
Beth Lew-Williams,
New Yorker,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Wound up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wound%20up. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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