Thesaurus results for TAIL END

tail end

noun

Definition of tail end

as in cheeks

the part of the body upon which someone sits all I saw was his tail end vanishing around the door

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Recent Examples of tail end During the beginning and tail end of winter, when the temperatures fluctuate more widely day by day, ice storms can hit hard and fast. — Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 15 Mar. 2026 The Stars had rebounded from a season-worst, six-match winless skid to construct a three-game points streak, which disintegrated on Tuesday in just their second loss in eight tail ends of back-to-back sets. — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 14 Jan. 2026 The Madrid hierarchy was also in favour last summer of the idea of imposing more discipline and structure on the squad, especially bringing back into line the big-name individuals who, it was felt, had been allowed too much leeway during the low-key tail end of Ancelotti’s second spell last term. — Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026 Minor flooding stretched across the Bay Area, and 48-hour rain totals sat as high as 5 to 6 inches in some mountainous regions as the weekend rainstorm began to reach its tail end. — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tail end

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Noun

Rose Gray played her All Points East festival set with super-sparkled cheeks, while Lady Gaga tested out the season’s trending clavi-cut.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2026
Lips and cheeks have been hogging all the attention recently, while lids and lashes have been going nearly naked.

— Elle Turner, Glamour, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of cheeks

Noun

The workers would be fined if their tails were dirty, their satin ears crooked.

— Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Robinhood — Shares of the trading app jumped 15% after Deutsche Bank issued a report pointing to prediction market tail winds for brokers, asset managers and exchanges.

— Darla Mercado, CFP®,Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of tail

Noun

He was pushed back on his rear end on one play and was definitely exhausted by the end of practice.

— David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026
And according to Car Expert, Mitsubishi says the ASX VR-e will get some styling touches of its own for the front and rear ends, as well as the cabin and wheels.

— Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of rear end

Noun

Then, pair a Black Angus rump steak, aged for three weeks in herbed butter and redolent of fresh rosemary (€38), with a glass of a spicy-fruity Barolo from the pioneering Piedmont vintner Chiara Boschis (€22).

— New York Times, New York Times, 16 July 2026
This would create partition on the patriots’ terms, not Britain’s, as 13 contiguous colonies seceded from the rump of the British Empire in North America.

— David Armitage, Washington Post, 26 June 2026

Definition of rump

Noun

The soft, stretchy fabric moves with you across terminals without bunching or binding, and because the top and bottom are already matched, getting dressed at the crack of dawn requires zero thought.

— Jill Layton, PEOPLE, 30 Aug. 2026
The Twins struck back with three runs in the bottom of the first.

— LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of bottom

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tail ends

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