as in endings
the last part of a process or action
wait until the windup of your sales pitch before giving up any information about the product's price point
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Scammers often create sites that appear close to the real thing but include extra words, odd spelling or strange endings.
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Concluding the elite races were the amateur groups, which featured dramatic endings on both the men’s and women’s sides.
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The lawyer takes the tenets of mindfulness to heart, and Dusse takes both these tenets and his protagonist to absurd – and sometimes shockingly violent – conclusions.
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Over-reliance on AI for immediate conclusions risks individuals missing the crucial process of building foundational knowledge and critical thinking.
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Season premieres and season finales.
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The series launched with an hourlong pilot episode and also went hourlong with the Season 2 premiere and a couple of finales, including the series closer.
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Then layer in a leave-in conditioner or bond repair treatment, a scalp serum or light oil on the ends and a heat protectant before any styling tools touch your strands.
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This wrenches the chromosomes apart into two sets and reels them to opposite ends of the cytoplasm sea.
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Full moons are culminations — don’t forget to pause and see what’s already come full circle before rushing into more.
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“Windups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windups. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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