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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
Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 Dec. 2024
The overtime winner to beat the Stars 3-2 at American Airlines Center wrapped up Minnesota’s improbable third-period comeback from two goals down.
—Joe Smith, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2024
Lots of platforms now offer year-in-review wrap-ups, and nearly all of them feel like a collective shrug.
—Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
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What better way to wrap up than returning home to pop in on Sgr A*, the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy?
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 Dec. 2024
The overtime winner to beat the Stars 3-2 at American Airlines Center wrapped up Minnesota’s improbable third-period comeback from two goals down.
—Joe Smith, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
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Purely in the interest of making lists and ranking things, here is the Pitchfork staff’s not-very-serious look back at 101 moments in music culture that stuck with us, for better or worse.
Check out all of Pitchfork’s 2024 wrap-up coverage here.
—Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2024
Lots of platforms now offer year-in-review wrap-ups, and nearly all of them feel like a collective shrug.
—Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
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Despite another poor display overall, Juventus ended a run of four consecutive Serie A draws with a win away at Monza as Nico Gonzalez once again proved to be the difference maker.Adam Digby, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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The versatile Colombia forward, who hadn’t netted since his hat-trick against Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League last month, ended his barren seven-game streak with two clinical finishes.James Pearce, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
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My response: His gripe could be summarized as: What's better than nine bids?Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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This content was summarized by generative artificial intelligence using public filings retrieved from SEC.gov.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 20 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement 🏈 Rams-Cardinals summary Check out the game summary from the Rams’ win Saturday.Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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Here is a summary of the gender breakdown for students enrolled in each of five health care professional training programs.Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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This article contains spoilers from Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Jeff Fowler, the director of the Sonic the Hedgehog movies, previously teased to Entertainment Weekly how the ending of his third entry tees up the introduction of new characters, similar to the past two films.Nick Romano, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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But the global audience of Virgin River has been sitting around for years for this happy ending.Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
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The class in Nebraska six years ago featured Omaha Burke’s Xavier Watts, who is finishing an All-America career at Notre Dame in the CFP.Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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The Russell 2000 is on pace to finish 2024 with a 10% rise .Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2024
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Based on a series of stakeholder meetings in summer 2023, public input and consultant analysis, the report outlines some 220 action steps.Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 20 Dec. 2024
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The report also outlined recommendations for healing communities wracked by the social ills wrought by the schools, for revitalizing language and cultural support, for reunifying families, for reforms in tribal community education and for steps to reduce violence in tribal communities.Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 20 Dec. 2024
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The core antitrust claims of the lawsuit are yet to be resolved and aim for a conclusion before the 2026 racing season.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Mangione's case in Pennsylvania will be kept active; at the conclusion of his trial in New York, prosecutors would determine how to proceed, Blair County District Attorney Peter Weeks said on Thursday.Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024
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Notably, Dozier, who died in 2015, argued the exact opposite of what the trial prosecutor had claimed — concluding that Napoletano’s testimony was more reliable than Sindle’s.Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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Sign up By combining data from both studies, it was concluded that early humans and Neanderthals reached their peak interbreeding period around 47,000 years ago.Justin Klawans, The Week US, theweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Wrap up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrap%20up. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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