Collocations withend

These are words often used in combination withend.

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aft end
The frames are numbered from the aft rather than the forward end: frame 65 is near the aft end.
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blunt end
This is not the thin end but the blunt end of the wedge.
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bottom end
The bottom end of each domain is a single-stranded segment.
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deep end
This new collection of papers begins and ends in the deep end of philosophy of mind.
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desired end
This technique guarantees tracking of the desired end-effector path.
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distal end
Its distal end could then move among female flowers.
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downstream end
These structures were shed almost periodically from the shear layer at the downstream end of the third recirculation.
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end of runway
The aircraft suffered category 3 damage when hitting a stanchion belonging to the end of runway arrester equipment.
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end of summer
Flowering is protracted, lasting from mid-spring until the end of summer, and the species is insect pollinated.
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end war
The central focus of the authors is the set of problems encountered by states attempting to end war, reconstruct their economies, and reform them simultaneously.
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far end
A small microphone was placed at the far end of the table.
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fitting end
Additionally, a concluding chapter to tie up the loose ends, raise some theoretical and research concerns, could have been useful and a fitting end to the volume.
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hind end
The anellus is barely sclerotized, and has a small and finely bristled lobe on each side near the hind end.
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losing end
Local communities often find themselves on the losing end.
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opposite end
The opposite end has a small opening.
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pointed end
In their passage through the uterus the pointed end is always directed backwards.
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pointy end
The egg's wall is still shapeable, and the pointy end develops at the back.
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posterior end
The thicker posterior end extends into the caecal lumen to facilitate mating and oviposition.
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proximal end
This gradient may be related to the maturity of the meristematic tissues, the most mature tissues being at the proximal end.
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receiving end
Analysis is one way to investigate what is going on in music from the receiving end.
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rounded end
Posteriorly, a slender filament is extruded from the rounded end of the body.
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shallow end
I suspect that there is a shallow end of the pool of philosophy, but you will not find it here.
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tapered end
The tapered end reduces the potential of crush artifact.
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tragic end
That, indeed, would be a tragic end.
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ultimate end
The traveler can afford to forget his ultimate end while focusing on any particular day's goals.
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untimely end
By contrast death in youth is a traumatic and untimely end.
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upper end
Approaches for measuring utilities at the very upper end of the scale should nevertheless be pursued.
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upstream end
This transformation places the origin of the coordinate system at the upstream end of the reach that is actually plotted.
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very end
Determined to care to the very end.
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