WRAPPING UP Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

wrapping up

verb

present participle of wrap up

as in ending

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 summarizing

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 wrapping up Cathleen Kershner, now a junior, was wrapping up her final exams. — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026 Before the World Series begins, the stadium was closed for the season, hosting just one last event before officially wrapping up the 2026 slate. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 Chapter 7 is typically faster, often wrapping up in three to six months. — Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026 Fifield was wrapping up a high-profile prosecution of a retired Navy admiral who traded a government contract for a future job. — Molly Redden, ProPublica, 20 Oct. 2026 Crews are pouring sidewalks and wrapping up utility work, and construction should begin soon on the 106 townhomes by David Weekly. — Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Oct. 2026 Meir, wrapping up her second flight to the space station, will have logged a total of 442 days in space, completing four spacewalks during the Crew 12 mission and three during an earlier stay. — CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 Hannah Einbinder got to the bra-shirt idea early, just as New York Fashion Week’s spring 2027 presentations were wrapping up. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026 However, as the title suggests, the process of wrapping up his affairs illuminates political, professional and personal contours previously unseen, in remarkably surprising ways. — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026

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Verb

Texas ran for 212 yards, and it all but put the game away on the ground until Ole Miss assembled an evening-ending combination of plays that led to a Hail Mary attempt to potentially win it.

— Mac Engel October 25, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2026
Kicker Nick Folk missed an extra point, ending a 67-try streak of perfection that dated back to the 2023 season as well.

— AJC.com, AJC.com, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of ending

Verb

In summarizing the report in a memo to Levine Cava, Coley said the current agreement as hashed out between the administration and Brightline needs to be reworked.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
Paraphrasing generally restates the original information in different language while retaining the key ideas, whereas summarizing condenses the information into a shorter version.

— Ethan Stone, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of summarizing

Verb

After finishing second in the first round, Lula stepped up his digital mobilization efforts to expand his reach and turn support into votes.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026
But Hardaway’s shooting struggles continued, finishing Saturday’s defeat with five points on 1-of-6 shooting from the field and 0-of-5 shooting on threes in 21 minutes off the bench.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of finishing

Verb

One man, summing up the shock, anger and frustration for everyone, stared straight ahead and at one in particular, gathering up whatever air was left in his lungs and yelled one more f-bomb for good measure.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Beautiful words—really summing up what her whole career is about.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of summing up

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One&Only followed this with its villas winding up from the jetty to the central building at the peak, which houses the reception, boutique, and five distinctive dining options.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
More than 23 billion pairs of footwear are produced every year, with roughly a billion winding up in landfills.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of winding up

Verb

State Farm Arena provided a statement to OutKick outlining the security arrangements.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
The City of Modesto is outlining its plans to improve traffic safety along Coffee Road after another pedestrian was struck by a vehicle Sunday.

— Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of outlining

Verb

After a release-weekend show at Camp Flog Gnaw on November 14, the rapper-producer will kick off a full North American trek in Februrary, concluding some five weeks later in Vancouver.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 22 Oct. 2026
Well, this royal soap opera shows no signs of concluding anytime soon.

— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of concluding

Verb

Beginning in March, Leo Fincham and Rowan Please will make their way through New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and other major cities, before closing out the 20-date jaunt in Toronto.

— Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026
The Brewers now send out their best pitcher to the mound in hopes of closing out the season.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of closing out

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