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Meanings of endgame in English

Russian
эндшпиль
Portuguese
final
Spanish
final
Catalan
final

Chess term.

эндшпиль

The final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board.

Usage of endgame in English
1
With no endgame in sight, of course the EU has contingency plans.
The Guardian
2
Daily Briefing: Brexit endgame nears LONDON Is a Brexit endgame in sight?
Reuters
3
Özil was supposed to define the endgame of the late Wenger years.
The Guardian
4
Capetonians are very much in the midst of their water shortage endgame.
The South African
5
We should recognise this psychology, and decide to choose the least-bad endgame.
News.com.au
6
This is just the endgame of a very fortunate series of events.
Larry's kidney: being the true story of how I found myself in ch...
7
Finalité describes the intended endgame of European integration according to federalist theory.
The Irish Times
8
As the endgame nears, the parties to the negotiations are posturing, though.
The Belgian Curtain: Europe after Communism
9
Losing Shamsi is an inconvenience for the drone war, not an endgame.
Wired
10
After a decade, we are nearing an endgame on Iran's nuclear file.
The Guardian
11
This is endgame, Dresden, even if you and yours can't accept it.
Small favor
12
But she still had to win the others over to her endgame.
Layover in dubai
13
And now we are being told that we are approaching another endgame.
The Guardian
14
All the key pieces were in play and the endgame was approaching.
The Information Officer
15
The endgame is less exciting -almost boring -but it's essential.
The Guardian
16
I think the endgame is chaos from the Liberal Party point of view.
Radio NZ
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United Kingdom
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