winding-up
the process of finishing or closing something, esp the process of closing down a business
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How to use winding-up in a sentence
But the question bears asking: Is a student winding up with a crushing debt burden really a better situation than that one?
Did Needs-Blind Admission Create the College Debt Crisis? | John McWhorter | July 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTStrub put his home on the market and started winding up his affairs.
Winding up for a major proposal, he announced the creation of … a commission.
A Bipartisan Path to Fixing America’s Broken Elections | Michael Waldman | January 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWinding up Iraq and Afghanistan would mean “the end of long-term nation building with large military footprints,” he said.
The Petraeus Revolution: How He Changed the American Way of War | John Barry | January 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThey are winding up the most expensive presidential campaign in American history, with each side spending more than $1 billion.
The winding up of this incident seemed to give Bascomb a good deal of relief.
Motor Matt's "Century" Run | Stanley R. MatthewsAye, there it was, slowly winding up the steep white road, on which it seemed to move at a snail's pace.
Ruth | Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellAt last the ravine became a gully, winding up a breast of shadowy mountain cumbered with loose rocks, and impassable to horses.
Overland | John William De ForestAm off in a moment on duty, winding up with luncheon at my General's before I go to the trenches.
Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie | George Brenton LaurieTogether we made our way round the whole of the French trenches winding up at de Tott's Battery.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 | Ian Hamilton
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