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tail end
noun
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Examples of tail end in a Sentence
all I saw was his tail end vanishing around the door
Recent Examples on the Web
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
Researching the small intestine – and not only the gut’s tail end – might just be microbiome medicine’s most pioneering upstream start.
—Christopher Damman, The Conversation, 14 June 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2
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The first known use of tail end was
in the 14th century
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“Tail end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tail%20end. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
tail end
noun
: the last part
the tail end of summer
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