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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of end.

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  • adjective having come or been brought to a conclusion

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Examples

  • When it ended, and it ** ended**, it was kind of traumatic.

    Comic Book Resources 2009

  • The cleanup of records by Romney's staff before his term ended included spending $205,000 for a three-year lease on new computers for the governor's office, according to official documents and state officials.

    Mitt Romney's staff spent nearly $100,000 to hide records 2011

  • Mr. Beame was 71 when his term ended in December 1977.

    Mayor, 70, Nods Little to Age Michael Howard Saul 2012

  • The stalemate was good for “lazy, inefficient, grossly overpaid and wrongheaded CEOs,” wrote one disgusted SEC commissioner shortly before his term ended and the newly reelected President Bush appointed a more business-friendly replacement.

    Winner-Take-All Politics Jacob S. Hacker 2010

  • The stalemate was good for “lazy, inefficient, grossly overpaid and wrongheaded CEOs,” wrote one disgusted SEC commissioner shortly before his term ended and the newly reelected President Bush appointed a more business-friendly replacement.

    Winner-Take-All Politics Jacob S. Hacker 2010

  • The stalemate was good for “lazy, inefficient, grossly overpaid and wrongheaded CEOs,” wrote one disgusted SEC commissioner shortly before his term ended and the newly reelected President Bush appointed a more business-friendly replacement.

    Winner-Take-All Politics Jacob S. Hacker 2010

  • The stalemate was good for “lazy, inefficient, grossly overpaid and wrongheaded CEOs,” wrote one disgusted SEC commissioner shortly before his term ended and the newly reelected President Bush appointed a more business-friendly replacement.

    Winner-Take-All Politics Jacob S. Hacker 2010

  • Sullivan told the Star he filed the outstanding annual reports before his term ended and that Nicholson has been sitting on them.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Diana Zlomislic 2011

  • Corona was impeached over allegations of corruption and court decisions favoring Arroyo, who appointed him as chief justice shortly before her term ended in June last year.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • In October 2010, it ruled he couldn't fire officials Arroyo appointed shortly before her term ended and two months later struck down a presidential order creating a ''truth commission'' to investigate her.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

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