End Game (Noun)
Meaning 1
The final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
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Meaning 2
The final stages of an extended process of negotiation; "the diplomatic endgame".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
Examples
- The diplomats worked tirelessly to reach a peaceful resolution in the endgame of the prolonged Middle East peace talks.
- The company's endgame strategy involved selling off its assets and merging with its chief competitor to stay afloat.
- As the contracts expires, the athletes' unions and the team owners entered the endgame of labor negotiations, determined to reach a fair agreement.
- The environmental activists made one final push for concessions in the endgame of the climate change treaty talks.
- The endgame of the drawn-out merger negotiations between the two tech giants centered around issues of corporate governance and patents.