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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

He described the history of the case, ending with the ruling from the three-judge panel of the appeals court.

From New York Times Oct. 12, 2021

“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

Two weeks subsequently she was affected with severe nephritis, anasarca, effusion into at least one of the pleural cavities, oedema of the lungs, and probably hydro-pericardium, the case ending fatally.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

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