: barring public and press
a closed-door session of the investigating committee

Examples of closed-door in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Fauci's testimony, along with the closed-door interview, are expected to be included among the subcommittee's final report on its investigation, which will come late this year. Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 3 June 2024 In closed-door testimony, Dr. Fauci told the panel that, in his view, the weight of evidence pointed toward the virus originating from animals before spilling into humans outside a lab. Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 3 June 2024 The remark, said to have been made during a closed-door meeting last Monday, was first reported by Italian news and gossip site Dagospia and then affirmed by Italian newspapers la Repubblica and Corriere della Sera, which each cited unnamed firsthand sources. Chad De Guzman, TIME, 28 May 2024 Pope Francis has issued an apology for using a derogatory term referring to gay men during a closed-door discussion among bishops earlier this month. Jason Derose, NPR, 28 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for closed-door 

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Word History

First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of closed-door was in 1950

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“Closed-door.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/closed-door. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.

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