WRAPPED UP Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

wrapped up

verb

past tense of wrap up

as in ended

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 summarized

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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Recent Examples of wrapped up Morgan threw two incompletions before he was wrapped up on a Rogan blitz. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 The show wrapped up season 1 in July and is coming back for a second go-round. — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2026 For Schepp and Frost, the Frankfurt Kitchen’s value is wrapped up in its endurance. — Tara Anne Dalbow, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026 The protest wrapped up with canvassing training across the street at Community Christian Church. — Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026 Holmes began his testimony late Thursday and wrapped up after a half-hour on the stand Friday. — Kristina Rex, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 As Frémaux wrapped up the masterclass by reminding the brothers that Lyon would be celebrating them that evening, Ethan had the last word. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026 Paris Fashion Week wrapped up a month of inventive and expressive street style, with denim often serving as the preferred canvas. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026 The 32-year-old actor wrapped up a major chapter in his life late last year with the ending of Stranger Things, the Netflix science fiction series that catapulted him and his co-stars into near overnight fame. — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026

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Three outside law professors who reviewed the materials at the request of The Post said West Point's actions appear to violate the order issued by Judge Cathy Seibel in September that ended a lawsuit filed by a civilian professor at the academy.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Moussa Diabaté, who ended the game with 11 points, had 11 rebounds in the first half, including eight on the offensive end.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2026

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That’s how one top Netflix insider summarized another bloody Monday at the streamer, which saw Dan Lin ousted as the company’s head of film.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026
The note summarized a cybercrime campaign in which three open-source AI agents allegedly worked together to breach at least 27 organizations and take more than 600,000 credit card records from two of them.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026

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Kreiss-Tomkins, who was previously a state legislator, finished the state’s open primary race in August in the top spot, with another Democratic candidate, Tom Begich, in second place.

— Chantelle Lee, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
The Angels went 62-100 — the first 100-loss season in franchise history — and finished last in the AL West in their only season under Suzuki, who ended his 16-year major league playing career as a catcher for the Angels in 2021-22.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of finished

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The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center has outlined a marginal (Level 1 out of 5) risk in an area that includes Phoenix and Tucson.

— Jamie Ross, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
Musk previously outlined plans to send Tesla’s Optimus robots to the planet aboard SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of outlined

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Investigators concluded those underlying allegations were not substantiated.

— Derek James, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
The rap superstar followed up its release with her first headlining arena run, dubbed the Little Miss Drama Tour, which began in February and concluded in April last year.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2026

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