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as in to end
to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point
a grand parade will wrap up the weeklong celebration
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as in to summarize
to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)
a reporter wrapped up the mayor's speech in a few sentences
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as in summary
a short statement of the main points
a postelection wrap-up of the campaign's high points and many low points
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as in ending
the last part of a process or action
the opening of the museum's modern art wing marks the wrap-up of its decade-long expansion plan
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Recent Examples of wrap up
Alex Andrejev, The Athletic, 2 Feb. 2025
Sunday at Pebble Beach is set to deliver an exciting finish, as the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am wraps up with Sepp Straka holding onto a one-shot lead over Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
Hbr Editors, Harvard Business Review, 30 Dec. 2024
The season one wrap-up will now air as a special event with back-to-back episodes on Monday, Jan. 6 at 9 and 10 pm ET/PT, NBC announced today.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
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Verb
The league features 36 players (six players per team) and includes many of the top WNBA players, such as league co-founders Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart, as well as Reese, who recently wrapped up her rookie season with the Chicago Sky.
—Alex Andrejev, The Athletic, 2 Feb. 2025
Sunday at Pebble Beach is set to deliver an exciting finish, as the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am wraps up with Sepp Straka holding onto a one-shot lead over Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
Noun
Here’s a wrap-up of our best and most popular videos that covered these two themes.
—Hbr Editors, Harvard Business Review, 30 Dec. 2024
The season one wrap-up will now air as a special event with back-to-back episodes on Monday, Jan. 6 at 9 and 10 pm ET/PT, NBC announced today.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrap up
Verb
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The delay comes after the two countries agreed to take steps toward preventing the trafficking of fentanyl into the U.S. Markets stage comeback but still in the red All major U.S. indexes ended Monday in the red.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2025
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More light rain fell periodically through the Bay Area on Monday, continuing a pattern that began Friday and ended a nearly month-long stretch without precipitation.—
Rick Hurd,
The Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2025
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Or, have another model summarize text and take down meeting minutes.—
StackCommerce Team (Sponsored),
PCMAG,
30 Jan. 2025
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Should the judges agree to close the case, a major impediment to the public release of Smith's report summarizing the classified documents investigation would be eliminated.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2025
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According to a summary of the bill, schools would essentially be on the hook for paying their graduates’ loans back if those students didn’t end up earning as much money as the college predicted.—
Forbes,
Forbes,
3 Feb. 2025
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For a summary of performers and presenters on Premiere Ceremony, go here.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
31 Jan. 2025
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The country singer could easily pull off these looks to blend in with Queen Bey or — possibly — a choir for the track’s ending.—
Danielle Gilliard,
WWD,
2 Feb. 2025
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The ending to this season should align more with the seedings.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Feb. 2025
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Swift finished off the look with more Lorraine Schwartz jewelry and matching Casadei heels, plus her go-to red lip.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
5 Feb. 2025
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The Heat’s defense was that poor, as the Bulls finished the win with 133 points on 52.7 percent shooting from the field and 19-of-41 (46.3 percent) shooting from three-point range.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
5 Feb. 2025
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Both cases in Lively v. Wayfarer Studios et al. are scheduled for trial on March 9, 2026, Judge Liman outlined in an order filed Monday, Jan. 27.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
31 Jan. 2025
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But the power demands outlined in the DOE report would require building or resurrecting the equivalent of at least 40 Three Mile Island reactors over the next five years.—
Michael Riordan,
Scientific American,
31 Jan. 2025
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Shorts awards are doled out five days before the conclusion of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, which continues through Feb. 2 (both in person and online).—
Chris Gardner,
The Hollywood Reporter,
30 Jan. 2025
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Japan and Russia are involved in a territorial conflict over the Northern Territories, a set of islands controlled by Russia after being taken from Japan by the Soviet Union at the conclusion of World War II.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Many elements of the image — such as the human hand — appear to be random, the office found, concluding that the user does not have sufficient control to claim authorship.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
29 Jan. 2025
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Taylor’s Eras Tour concluded on December 8, 2024, so her schedule is clear for football’s big day.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
29 Jan. 2025
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