at an end

idiom

: finished and completed

The battle was at an end.

We would like to see this matter at an end.

Examples of at an end in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The onslaught of summer gaming news might finally be at an end — but not before Nintendo has its say. —

Andrew Webster, The Verge, 18 June 2024 Our time together at an end, Anderson is on to another meeting, perhaps accompanied in the car by one of her gruesome podcast favorites. —

Joe Utichi, Deadline, 13 June 2024 The rhymes, prose and verses of 2023 are at an end. —

Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2024 If more than a fraction of the electorate come to depend for their livelihood upon the temporary masters of the mechanism of the state -- that is, upon the politicians -- then democracy is at an end. —

Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011 Geraldo Rivera's time at Fox News is officially at an end. —

Shania Russell, EW.com, 30 June 2023 One thing is clear: for better or worse, the shuttle program is at an end. —

Daniel Holz, Discover Magazine, 2 Sep. 2010 Federal Reserve officials meeting in December agreed that the rate-increase cycle that started in 2022 was likely at an end, according to minutes of the meeting released Wednesday. —

David Harrison, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2024 The Carters' time in the White House was at an end. —

M.l. Nestel, ABC News, 19 Nov. 2023

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