to end all
idiom
: being the final or ultimate version of something because nothing else comparable could follow
The company claims that its new product will be a/the computer to end all computers.
World War I was supposed to be the war to end all wars.
Examples of to end all in a Sentence
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Protesters in New York and Cambridge, Massachusetts, carried Palestinian flags and chanted slogans against President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, calling for the government to end all military aid to Israel.
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NBC News, 4 Mar. 2024
Regardless of pressure from the United States, its allies, and the wider international community, the Iranian regime is unlikely to agree to end all enrichment permanently.
—Colin H. Kahl, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2014
Musk himself kicked off what may become the EV price war to end all price wars, slashing an average 25 percent off most Tesla prices and forcing Ford, Hyundai, Lucid, and other rivals to follow suit.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Feb. 2024
Last week, the board voted 4-3 to end all coverage of GLP-1 medications for weight loss on April 1.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2024
Alarmed by the ballooning costs, the health plan’s governing board voted on Thursday to end all coverage of medications for weight loss, including Wegovy, which accounts for the vast majority of its spending on obesity drugs.
—Rebecca Robbins, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
The animal advocates outside the courtroom in Miami were there to cheer on the government’s case, but Fish and Wildlife’s Operation Longtail Liberation is not, on its face, aligned with their efforts to end all animal testing on moral grounds.
—Erika Fry, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2024
Even Barbie’s America Ferrera, who has the Oscar clip to end all Oscar clips, has a shot.
—Vulture, 22 Jan. 2024
In Herbert’s novel, and Denis Villeneuve's 2021 Dune, Paul is reluctant to kick off the holy war to end all holy wars.
—Max Evry, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2024
NBC News, 4 Mar. 2024
Regardless of pressure from the United States, its allies, and the wider international community, the Iranian regime is unlikely to agree to end all enrichment permanently.
—Colin H. Kahl, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2014
Musk himself kicked off what may become the EV price war to end all price wars, slashing an average 25 percent off most Tesla prices and forcing Ford, Hyundai, Lucid, and other rivals to follow suit.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Feb. 2024
Last week, the board voted 4-3 to end all coverage of GLP-1 medications for weight loss on April 1.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2024
Alarmed by the ballooning costs, the health plan’s governing board voted on Thursday to end all coverage of medications for weight loss, including Wegovy, which accounts for the vast majority of its spending on obesity drugs.
—Rebecca Robbins, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
The animal advocates outside the courtroom in Miami were there to cheer on the government’s case, but Fish and Wildlife’s Operation Longtail Liberation is not, on its face, aligned with their efforts to end all animal testing on moral grounds.
—Erika Fry, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2024
Even Barbie’s America Ferrera, who has the Oscar clip to end all Oscar clips, has a shot.
—Vulture, 22 Jan. 2024
In Herbert’s novel, and Denis Villeneuve's 2021 Dune, Paul is reluctant to kick off the holy war to end all holy wars.
—Max Evry, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2024
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