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case ending

American  

noun

Grammar.
  1. a suffix on an inflected noun, pronoun, or adjective that indicates its grammatical function.


Etymology

Origin of case ending

First recorded in 1870–75


Example Sentences

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Greenpeace, which vowed to appeal, said last month it could be forced into bankruptcy because of the case, ending over 50 years of activism.

From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2025

“They urged Sullivan to dismiss the case, ending Flynn’s legal jeopardy. They also asked him to dismiss Flynn’s charge ‘without irrelevant or personal comment’.”

From The Guardian ● May 19, 2020

Texas, Lambda Legal’s landmark case ending the criminalization of sodomy.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2017

Court proceedings ended when Gillam Kerley of Wisconsin was released from a three-year prison sentence after four months, with the case ending in 1988.

From US News ● May 3, 2016

This latter is a result of the continued pressure of the horny growth, in a well-marked case ending in a sharply-defined groove in the os pedis in which the keraphyllocele rests.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Harry Caulton Reeks

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