round (off or out)

Definition of round (off or out)next
1
as in to end
to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point I'll round off the meeting here and let everyone get an early start on the weekend

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2
as in to complement
to serve as a completing element to coffee and dessert rounded out the meal

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Verb
  • However, the action may not end at 11pm — deal sheets allow clubs to conclude signings two hours after the transfer window closes, provided the correct paperwork is submitted before the deadline.
    Leon Imber, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Amid a scorching stretch, Bregman ends the month with his lifetime total now sitting at two.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Supplements should complement a healthy diet, not replace it.
    Jo Ann Liguori, Flow Space, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The new mission will extend the vision of NASA’s other famous observatories, providing a field of view 100 times wider than the Hubble Space Telescope and complementing the groundbreaking work of the James Webb Space Telescope.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Van Gisbergen, the road-course ace with seven victories the past two seasons, finished 28th.
    Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Murphy was a diminutive, formal woman of Irish birth who never finished grade school but had a great appetite for learning.
    Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • But the very act of putting on a wearable—of willingly adorning oneself with a tiny computerized narc—is an act of surrender.
    Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The politician proposed with a glamorous three-stone engagement ring adorned with diamonds, emeralds, and rubies.
    Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 28 Aug. 2026
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  • Still, several financial analysts have concluded that the prediction frenzy, with its sleek mobile apps and easy-to-understand odds, are driving the stock drops.
    Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
  • An autonomous attacker does not care what an organization's SPRS score says, whether its dashboard is green or whether an assessment concluded that a control was implemented.
    Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • At the heart of the dining room stands La Venatoria, a rare Richard Ginori vase from the late 1920s, produced during Gio Ponti’s artistic direction and decorated with the Triumph of the Amazons motif.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
  • One of two primary bedrooms is decorated with a vibrant abstract painting.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The administration could soon appeal again, and experts say this issue will likely wind up back before the Supreme Court.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Should Simmons be good to go for Week 1, Moore could wind up being Kansas City’s choice at right tackle given his experience.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Gordon was completed swiftly, earning Newcastle more money than anticipated (with €70m benchmarked).
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Five to six years ago, certainly, people were not thinking about agentic AI systems that can plan and complete multi-step tasks with little to no human intervention.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
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“Round (off or out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/round%20%28off%20or%20out%29. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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