to end all
idiom
: being the final or ultimate version of something because nothing else comparable could follow
The company claims that its new product will be a/the computer to end all computers.
World War I was supposed to be the war to end all wars.
Examples of to end all in a Sentence
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Pretty Little Liars The teen mystery series to end all teen mysteries: Pretty Little Liars.
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Erica Marrison, Peoplemag, 9 June 2024
The tech company to end all tech companies OpenAI has spent a long time occupying an unusual position in tech and policy circles.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 18 May 2024
In January, the board of trustees for the state employee health plan voted to end all coverage of Wegovy and other GLP-1 drugs due to the cost.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 17 May 2024
Those paying attention to episode titles had every reason to expect the series’ ninth episode would depict the battle to end all battles.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2024
Winning the initial battle, Wilson lost the war to end all wars with the U.S. failure to join his precious League.
—Michael Sheldrick, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2024
Would that be the chase-down block to end all chase-down blocks?
—Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 16 May 2024
This year’s theme is Planet vs. Plastics, focusing on the threat that plastics pose to the environment, with a call to end all single-use plastic and find replacements for their uses, including a goal of reducing plastic production 60% by 2040.
—Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2024
Students are asking both their university and the country of Mexico to end all diplomatic relations with Israel.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 3 May 2024
Erica Marrison, Peoplemag, 9 June 2024
The tech company to end all tech companies OpenAI has spent a long time occupying an unusual position in tech and policy circles.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 18 May 2024
In January, the board of trustees for the state employee health plan voted to end all coverage of Wegovy and other GLP-1 drugs due to the cost.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 17 May 2024
Those paying attention to episode titles had every reason to expect the series’ ninth episode would depict the battle to end all battles.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2024
Winning the initial battle, Wilson lost the war to end all wars with the U.S. failure to join his precious League.
—Michael Sheldrick, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2024
Would that be the chase-down block to end all chase-down blocks?
—Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 16 May 2024
This year’s theme is Planet vs. Plastics, focusing on the threat that plastics pose to the environment, with a call to end all single-use plastic and find replacements for their uses, including a goal of reducing plastic production 60% by 2040.
—Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2024
Students are asking both their university and the country of Mexico to end all diplomatic relations with Israel.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 3 May 2024
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