Examples of the tail end in a Sentence
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Gage’s velocity noticeably declined towards the tail end of his outing.
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Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
4 July 2026
His flurry of buying came on the tail end of a steep four-day spiral that was sparked by the unveiling of his plan for broad and high tariffs.
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Alex Harring,luke Fountain,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
Released at the tail end of Reaganomics, Carpenter’s most politically forward thriller now feels like a decoder ring for ’80s-era greed, detachment, complacency and ruthlessness.
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Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
Isaac and his wife, filmmaker Elvira Lind, arrived in Paris the day before and therefore caught just the tail end of a record heat wave across Europe.
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Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
28 June 2026
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Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
4 July 2026
His flurry of buying came on the tail end of a steep four-day spiral that was sparked by the unveiling of his plan for broad and high tariffs.
—
Alex Harring,luke Fountain,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
Released at the tail end of Reaganomics, Carpenter’s most politically forward thriller now feels like a decoder ring for ’80s-era greed, detachment, complacency and ruthlessness.
—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
Isaac and his wife, filmmaker Elvira Lind, arrived in Paris the day before and therefore caught just the tail end of a record heat wave across Europe.
—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
28 June 2026
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“The tail end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20tail%20end. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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