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tail end
noun
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Examples of tail end in a Sentence
all I saw was his tail end vanishing around the door
Recent Examples on the Web
Then again, maybe an Emira with a stick shift and AMG turbo-four would just be too perfect of a car, in this liminal tail end of the internal-combustion era.
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Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Okami is a cult classic game from Capcom that was released on the PS2 all the way back in 2006 at the very tail end of the PS2's life.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
Kelce would need to leave by 3 p.m. CT and have everything go perfect to make the very tail end of the red carpet before the show starts.
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Bryan West, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2024
Researching the small intestine – and not only the gut’s tail end – might just be microbiome medicine’s most pioneering upstream start.
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Christopher Damman, The Conversation, 14 June 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2
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The first known use of tail end was
in the 14th century
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“Tail end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tail%20end. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
tail end
noun
: the last part
the tail end of summer
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