endgame
noun
end·game
ˈen(d)-ˌgām 
: the stage of a chess game after major reduction of forces
also
: the final stage of some action or process
Examples of endgame in a Sentence
they're now in the endgame of the negotiations for a new labor contract
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The Kremlin’s propaganda machine eagerly circulated this statement to prove that dismembering Russia is the West’s endgame.
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Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2025
But will this former child chess prodigy be able to maintain his scientific idealism as AI reaches its high-stakes endgame?
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 15 Apr. 2025
For him, this early global traction isn’t the endgame.
—Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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—Simon Shuster/kyiv, TIME, 25 Mar. 2025
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Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2025
But will this former child chess prodigy be able to maintain his scientific idealism as AI reaches its high-stakes endgame?
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 15 Apr. 2025
For him, this early global traction isn’t the endgame.
—Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Advertisement The full story of the Oval Office meeting, what led up to it, and how Zelensky sees the endgame in this war, appears on the cover of the latest issue of the magazine.
—Simon Shuster/kyiv, TIME, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Endgame.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/endgame. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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