END RUNS Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

end runs 1 of 2

noun

plural of end run

as in devices

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end-runs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of end-run

as in avoids

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Noun

Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Instead of seeing supercomputers as devices that customers buy and use — the argument goes — these systems, filled with Nvidia's graphics processing units that can cost $3 million per rack, look like profitable investments.

— Kif Leswing, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
Technology has significantly evolved since then, with 80% of 911 calls nationwide coming from wireless mobile devices rather than landlines tied to specific addresses.

— Sophia Eppley, AJC.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of devices

Verb

Commentary on his work often describes it as a critique of race or capitalism but gingerly avoids the more superficial observation that these behaviors have a resemblance to certain presentations of psychosis.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
This approach leverages employer relationships, avoids high customer acquisition costs, and ensures unbiased advice.

— Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of avoids

Noun

The bluffs stand 150 to 200 feet above the beach and, on a clear day, provide views straight across the Block Island Sound to Montauk, New York.

— Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2026
The Latour influence stretched from European high society to the Artois brewing empire, before finally reaching the bluffs of Esparza.

— Donna Hardie-Scott, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of bluffs

Verb

One of the most iconic New England summer escapes, Nantucket is known for its clapboard cottages (and, sure, mega-mansions), sandy beaches, hydrangeas, and elite charm.

— Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2026
When the Delgado family escapes their house, they are surrounded by other, far more hostile creatures.

— Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of escapes

Noun

Trump made half-hearted feints to target Wall Street, through proposals like curbing defense contractor stock buybacks and foreign job outsourcing, but there’s been no real follow through on any of these policies.

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026
There are neat little flicks, slalom runs, full-body feints, through balls.

— New York Times, New York Times, 10 June 2026

Definition of feints

Verb

This skin-crawling faux-documentary concerns a prolific New York serial killer who evades capture despite recording his brazen crimes.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
However, Noussair Mazraoui evades Casemiro’s challenge far too easily before Bilal El Khannouss releases Achraf Hakimi on the far side.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 6 July 2026

Definition of evades

Noun

Her Erika Tracy has Gloria Swanson’s hunger for male saps, Greta Garbo’s carriage, Marlene Dietrich’s disdain and Barbara Stanwyck’s wiles.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
The teaser shows Jordan as Crown pulling off a number of dangerous stunts against a backdrop of slick cities, breathtaking landscapes, and museums with top-of-the-line security measures that can’t stand up against the wiles of his debonair thievery.

— Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 29 July 2026

Definition of wiles

Verb

Although Futterman adeptly surveys tennis’s stressors, the shape of the crisis that tennis faces, and its stakes, eludes him.

— Josh Levin, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026
But in the country’s 250th year, many Americans feel the goal, a milestone of adulthood and a marker of financial success, eludes them.

— Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 28 June 2026

Definition of eludes

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