diff --git a/mesonbuild/arglist.py b/mesonbuild/arglist.py
index 54d7157e2ccf..085c8a0379a4 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/arglist.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/arglist.py
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ def extend_preserving_lflags(self, iterable: T.Iterable[str]) -> None:
         normal_flags = []
         lflags = []
         for i in iterable:
-            if i not in self.always_dedup_args and (i.startswith('-l') or i.startswith('-L')):
+            if i not in self.always_dedup_args and (i.startswith(('-l', '-L'))):
                 lflags.append(i)
             else:
                 normal_flags.append(i)
diff --git a/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py b/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py
index 65f6ea1958af..670539e5aeb4 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py
@@ -1470,7 +1470,7 @@ def generate_cs_resource_tasks(self, target):
             rel_sourcefile = os.path.join(self.build_to_src, target.subdir, r)
             if r.endswith('.resources'):
                 a = '-resource:' + rel_sourcefile
-            elif r.endswith('.txt') or r.endswith('.resx'):
+            elif r.endswith(('.txt', '.resx')):
                 ofilebase = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(r))[0] + '.resources'
                 ofilename = os.path.join(self.get_target_private_dir(target), ofilebase)
                 elem = NinjaBuildElement(self.all_outputs, ofilename, "CUSTOM_COMMAND", rel_sourcefile)
diff --git a/mesonbuild/backend/vs2010backend.py b/mesonbuild/backend/vs2010backend.py
index a12963cdee06..058987aec1f2 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/backend/vs2010backend.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/backend/vs2010backend.py
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ def split_link_args(args):
                 other.append(arg)
             # It's ok if we miss libraries with non-standard extensions here.
             # They will go into the general link arguments.
-            elif arg.endswith('.lib') or arg.endswith('.a'):
+            elif arg.endswith(('.lib', '.a')):
                 # De-dup
                 if arg not in libs:
                     libs.append(arg)
diff --git a/mesonbuild/backend/xcodebackend.py b/mesonbuild/backend/xcodebackend.py
index 5a0e77bd0f43..24ca814e6512 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/backend/xcodebackend.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/backend/xcodebackend.py
@@ -1658,7 +1658,7 @@ def generate_single_build_target(self, objects_dict, target_name, target) -> Non
                     outputs = self.generator_outputs[target_name, generator_id]
                     generator_id += 1
                     for o_abs in outputs:
-                        if o_abs.endswith('.o') or o_abs.endswith('.obj'):
+                        if o_abs.endswith(('.o', '.obj')):
                             ldargs += [r'\"' + o_abs + r'\"']
                 else:
                     if isinstance(o, build.CustomTarget):
@@ -1750,7 +1750,7 @@ def generate_single_build_target(self, objects_dict, target_name, target) -> Non
                 # file. Since Xcode itself already discourages precompiled headers in favor of modules we don't try much harder here.
                 pchs = target.get_pch('c') + target.get_pch('cpp') + target.get_pch('objc') + target.get_pch('objcpp')
                 # Make sure to use headers (other backends require implementation files like *.c *.cpp, etc; these should not be used here)
-                pchs = [pch for pch in pchs if pch.endswith('.h') or pch.endswith('.hh') or pch.endswith('hpp')]
+                pchs = [pch for pch in pchs if pch.endswith(('.h', '.hh', 'hpp'))]
                 if pchs:
                     if len(pchs) > 1:
                         mlog.warning(f'Unsupported Xcode configuration: More than 1 precompiled header found "{pchs!s}". Target "{target.name}" might not compile correctly.')
diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/d.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/d.py
index d8b252a94668..036b5191e8d1 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/d.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/d.py
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ def _translate_args_to_nongnu(cls, args: T.List[str], info: MachineInfo, link_id
                 if suffix in link_flags_with_arg:
                     link_expect_arg = True
 
-                if suffix.startswith('-') or suffix.startswith('@'):
+                if suffix.startswith(('-', '@')):
                     # this is not search path
                     dcargs.append(arg)
                     continue
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ def _translate_args_to_nongnu(cls, args: T.List[str], info: MachineInfo, link_id
                     continue
 
                 # Make sure static library files are passed properly to the linker.
-                if arg.endswith('.a') or arg.endswith('.lib'):
+                if arg.endswith(('.a', '.lib')):
                     if len(suffix) > 0 and not suffix.startswith('-'):
                         dcargs.append('-L=' + suffix)
                         continue
diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/visualstudio.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/visualstudio.py
index 4ec22a0f28d0..42b2aa1c88da 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/visualstudio.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/visualstudio.py
@@ -253,9 +253,7 @@ def unix_args_to_native(cls, args: T.List[str]) -> T.List[str]:
                 continue
             # cl.exe does not allow specifying both, so remove /utf-8 that we
             # added automatically in the case the user overrides it manually.
-            elif (i.startswith('/source-charset:')
-                    or i.startswith('/execution-charset:')
-                    or i == '/validate-charset-'):
+            elif (i.startswith(('/source-charset:', '/execution-charset:')) or i == '/validate-charset-'):
                 try:
                     result.remove('/utf-8')
                 except ValueError:
diff --git a/mesonbuild/coredata.py b/mesonbuild/coredata.py
index 83e83e728727..cefb56a1aae4 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/coredata.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/coredata.py
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ def sanitize_prefix(self, prefix: str) -> str:
         prefix = os.path.expanduser(prefix)
         if not os.path.isabs(prefix):
             raise MesonException(f'prefix value {prefix!r} must be an absolute path')
-        if prefix.endswith('/') or prefix.endswith('\\'):
+        if prefix.endswith(('/', '\\')):
             # On Windows we need to preserve the trailing slash if the
             # string is of type 'C:\' because 'C:' is not an absolute path.
             if len(prefix) == 3 and prefix[1] == ':':
diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py
index 08e81f0d79d5..d745d0194fd5 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def get_compile_args(self) -> T.List[str]:
         if self.include_type == 'system':
             converted = []
             for i in self.compile_args:
-                if i.startswith('-I') or i.startswith('/I'):
+                if i.startswith(('-I', '/I')):
                     converted += ['-isystem' + i[2:]]
                 else:
                     converted += [i]
diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/cmake.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/cmake.py
index 61963b0aa060..fe737ad05e5c 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/cmake.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/cmake.py
@@ -300,9 +300,9 @@ def search_lib_dirs(path: str) -> bool:
         # Check PATH
         system_env: T.List[str] = []
         for i in os.environ.get('PATH', '').split(os.pathsep):
-            if i.endswith('/bin') or i.endswith('\\bin'):
+            if i.endswith(('/bin', '\\bin')):
                 i = i[:-4]
-            if i.endswith('/sbin') or i.endswith('\\sbin'):
+            if i.endswith(('/sbin', '\\sbin')):
                 i = i[:-5]
             system_env += [i]
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/dub.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/dub.py
index 0d25c31352ec..53dc37ecb089 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/dub.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/dub.py
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ def find_package_target(pkg: T.Dict[str, str]) -> bool:
 
         for file in bs['sourceFiles']:
             # sourceFiles may contain static libraries
-            if file.endswith('.lib') or file.endswith('.a'):
+            if file.endswith(('.lib', '.a')):
                 self.link_args.append(file)
 
         for flag in bs['lflags']:
diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/qt.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/qt.py
index 1b60deb8afd2..b3f4e17b7270 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/qt.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/qt.py
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ def __init__(self, name: str, env: 'Environment', kwargs: T.Dict[str, T.Any]):
             debug_lib_name = self.qtpkgname + 'Core' + _get_modules_lib_suffix(self.version, self.env.machines[self.for_machine], True)
             is_debug = False
             for arg in self.get_link_args():
-                if arg == f'-l{debug_lib_name}' or arg.endswith(f'{debug_lib_name}.lib') or arg.endswith(f'{debug_lib_name}.a'):
+                if arg == f'-l{debug_lib_name}' or arg.endswith((f'{debug_lib_name}.lib', f'{debug_lib_name}.a')):
                     is_debug = True
                     break
             libdir = self.get_variable(pkgconfig='libdir')
diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/ui.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/ui.py
index cc17377a649b..189844bd7fc3 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/ui.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/ui.py
@@ -98,11 +98,7 @@ def filter_args(args: T.List[str]) -> T.List[str]:
         """
         result = []
         for f in args:
-            if f.startswith('-D') \
-                    or f.startswith('-f') \
-                    or f.startswith('-I') \
-                    or f == '-pthread' \
-                    or (f.startswith('-W') and not f == '-Wall'):
+            if f.startswith(('-D', '-f', '-I')) or f == '-pthread' or f.startswith('-W') and not f == '-Wall':
                 result.append(f)
         return result
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/environment.py b/mesonbuild/environment.py
index c26516215b6b..04826b23daf4 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/environment.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/environment.py
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ def detect_cpu_family(compilers: CompilersDict) -> str:
     elif trial.startswith('aarch64'):
         # This can be `aarch64_be`
         trial = 'aarch64'
-    elif trial.startswith('arm') or trial.startswith('earm'):
+    elif trial.startswith(('arm', 'earm')):
         trial = 'arm'
     elif trial.startswith(('powerpc64', 'ppc64')):
         trial = 'ppc64'
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ def detect_cpu(compilers: CompilersDict) -> str:
         # Same check as above for cpu_family
         if any_compiler_has_define(compilers, '__i386__'):
             trial = 'i686' # All 64 bit cpus have at least this level of x86 support.
-    elif trial.startswith('aarch64') or trial.startswith('arm64'):
+    elif trial.startswith(('aarch64', 'arm64')):
         # Same check as above for cpu_family
         if any_compiler_has_define(compilers, '__arm__'):
             trial = 'arm'
diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py
index 95d85ac07ebf..8bb18f9b2180 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py
@@ -2963,7 +2963,7 @@ def _warn_about_builtin_args(self, args: T.List[str]) -> None:
             elif arg in {'-fsanitize', '/fsanitize'} or arg.startswith(('-fsanitize=', '/fsanitize=')):
                 mlog.warning(f'Consider using the built-in option for sanitizers instead of using "{arg}".',
                              location=self.current_node)
-            elif arg.startswith('-std=') or arg.startswith('/std:'):
+            elif arg.startswith(('-std=', '/std:')):
                 mlog.warning(f'Consider using the built-in option for language standard version instead of using "{arg}".',
                              location=self.current_node)
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/minstall.py b/mesonbuild/minstall.py
index e5901c45ae85..c2c69fe45eac 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/minstall.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/minstall.py
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ def check_for_stampfile(fname: str) -> str:
     whose names are not known at configure time.
     Check if this is the case and return the real
     file instead.'''
-    if fname.endswith('.so') or fname.endswith('.dll'):
+    if fname.endswith(('.so', '.dll')):
         if os.stat(fname).st_size == 0:
             (base, suffix) = os.path.splitext(fname)
             files = glob(base + '-*' + suffix)
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ def check_for_stampfile(fname: str) -> str:
                 sys.exit(1)
             if len(files) == 1:
                 return files[0]
-    elif fname.endswith('.a') or fname.endswith('.lib'):
+    elif fname.endswith(('.a', '.lib')):
         if os.stat(fname).st_size == 0:
             (base, suffix) = os.path.splitext(fname)
             files = glob(base + '-*' + '.rlib')
diff --git a/mesonbuild/utils/universal.py b/mesonbuild/utils/universal.py
index 574bcb51f654..a19264273056 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/utils/universal.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/utils/universal.py
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ def perms_s_to_bits(cls, perms_s: T.Optional[str]) -> int:
          See https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/pull/8747 for the discussions."""
 class File(HoldableObject):
     def __init__(self, is_built: bool, subdir: str, fname: str):
-        if fname.endswith(".C") or fname.endswith(".H"):
+        if fname.endswith(('.C', '.H')):
             mlog.warning(dot_C_dot_H_warning, once=True)
         self.is_built = is_built
         self.subdir = subdir
diff --git a/test cases/common/208 link custom/custom_stlib.py b/test cases/common/208 link custom/custom_stlib.py
index 6a090f3db92d..351decdcdedd 100755
--- a/test cases/common/208 link custom/custom_stlib.py	
+++ b/test cases/common/208 link custom/custom_stlib.py	
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def generate_lib(outfile, private_dir, compiler_array):
     c_file = private_dir / 'flob.c'
     c_file.write_text(contents)
     for i in compiler_array:
-        if (i.endswith('cl') or i.endswith('cl.exe')) and 'clang-cl' not in i:
+        if (i.endswith(('cl', 'cl.exe'))) and 'clang-cl' not in i:
             return generate_lib_msvc(outfile, c_file, private_dir, compiler_array)
     return generate_lib_gnulike(outfile, c_file, private_dir, compiler_array)
 
diff --git a/test cases/common/209 link custom_i single from multiple/generate_conflicting_stlibs.py b/test cases/common/209 link custom_i single from multiple/generate_conflicting_stlibs.py
index 42d6631ddf2e..0bfc46ddaf2d 100644
--- a/test cases/common/209 link custom_i single from multiple/generate_conflicting_stlibs.py	
+++ b/test cases/common/209 link custom_i single from multiple/generate_conflicting_stlibs.py	
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def generate_lib(outfiles, private_dir, compiler_array):
 
         cl_found = False
         for cl_arg in compiler_array:
-            if (cl_arg.endswith('cl') or cl_arg.endswith('cl.exe')) and 'clang-cl' not in cl_arg:
+            if (cl_arg.endswith(('cl', 'cl.exe'))) and 'clang-cl' not in cl_arg:
                 ret = generate_lib_msvc(outfile, c_file, private_dir, compiler_array)
                 if ret > 0:
                     return ret
diff --git a/test cases/common/210 link custom_i multiple from multiple/generate_stlibs.py b/test cases/common/210 link custom_i multiple from multiple/generate_stlibs.py
index 5292006c597d..91571e597a79 100644
--- a/test cases/common/210 link custom_i multiple from multiple/generate_stlibs.py	
+++ b/test cases/common/210 link custom_i multiple from multiple/generate_stlibs.py	
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def generate_lib(outfiles, private_dir, compiler_array):
 
         cl_found = False
         for cl_arg in compiler_array:
-            if (cl_arg.endswith('cl') or cl_arg.endswith('cl.exe')) and 'clang-cl' not in cl_arg:
+            if (cl_arg.endswith(('cl', 'cl.exe'))) and 'clang-cl' not in cl_arg:
                 ret = generate_lib_msvc(outfile, c_file, private_dir, compiler_array)
                 if ret > 0:
                     return ret