at an end
idiom
: finished and completed
The battle was at an end.
We would like to see this matter at an end.
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Thomas Bach’s tenure as International Olympic Committee President is at an end, and a new leader of the Olympic movement will be chosen by the IOC membership on March 20.
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Blythe Lawrence, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Now, however, this federal largesse – which some cities used to fill mounting fiscal cracks – is at an end.
—John Rennie Short, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2025
Two years later, with the Civil War at an end and slavery on the verge of being officially abolished nationwide, Lyles emerged from captivity and set to work recovering the life the Confederates had taken from her.
—Robert Colby, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
For the last 20 years, ASIMO had been performing at the Honda showroom in Tokyo, Japan, but these regular demonstrations are now at an end.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Apr. 2022
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Blythe Lawrence, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Now, however, this federal largesse – which some cities used to fill mounting fiscal cracks – is at an end.
—John Rennie Short, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2025
Two years later, with the Civil War at an end and slavery on the verge of being officially abolished nationwide, Lyles emerged from captivity and set to work recovering the life the Confederates had taken from her.
—Robert Colby, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
For the last 20 years, ASIMO had been performing at the Honda showroom in Tokyo, Japan, but these regular demonstrations are now at an end.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Apr. 2022
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“At an end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20an%20end. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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