How to Use closed-door in a Sentence
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The source asked not to be named discussing closed-door diplomatic talks.
—Elliott Gotkine, CNN, 12 May 2023
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The court’s ruling came after a closed-door hearing on the issue held last month.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 14 June 2024
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And there is even a monthly closed-door, drop-in Zoom support session.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2025
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The last time the clubs played was a closed-door preseason match in 2021.
—The Enquirer, 25 Apr. 2023
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The State Board discussed the deal in a series of three closed-door meetings last spring.
—Kevin Richert, Idaho Statesman, 27 Jan. 2024
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The court hearing included hours worth of closed-door meetings between the judge and certain lawyers.
—Tracey Tully, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
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After hours of closed-door discussion, the council resumed with Smith no longer present in the room.
—Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
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Those closed-door talks between PVV and three other parties have dragged on for weeks.
—Peter Aitken, Fox News, 3 Jan. 2024
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The governor then spoke with roughly two dozen of the protestors in a closed-door meeting in his office.
—Jessika Harkay, Hartford Courant, 22 May 2025
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The board met with the county attorney in a closed-door session before the vote at the emergency meeting.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 8 Mar. 2023
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The legal feud is set to continue this week with a closed-door case conference scheduled Tuesday.
—Jason Ma, Fortune Asia, 3 Mar. 2025
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After the news conference, Belivuk offered his side of the story at a closed-door court hearing.
—Robert F. Worth, New York Times, 3 May 2023
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The judge in the case approved the request of Craig’s former attorney to leave after a closed-door hearing last month.
—CNN, 1 Dec. 2024
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Connolly defeated Ocasio-Cortez in a closed-door vote of the caucus.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 28 Apr. 2025
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Ever the pro, Clarkson swiftly recovered and finished the rest of her set at the closed-door event, decked out in the same lacy black outfit.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2023
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Still, as governor, Shapiro didn’t talk about vouchers until June, while in the midst of intense closed-door budget talks.
—Marc Levy, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2023
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The bipartisan closed-door screening of the footage was supplied by the Israeli Embassy.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner, 15 Nov. 2023
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The test of these changes — some of which were only finalized three years ago — will come in the closed-door power brokering that goes on around the conclave, which will elect a new pope.
—Howard Chua-Eoan, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
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On the other side, Perrone, who has retained a lawyer, says the committee never brought up his contract requests in the closed-door meeting.
—Mandy McLaren, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2023
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The deal was struck between Hochul and leaders of the state Senate and Assembly after a series of closed-door talks.
—Maysoon Khan, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2024
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The Senate has held closed-door meeting on the topic, and TikTok urged its users to contact Congress to protest.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
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In mid-September, McCarthy snapped at Gaetz during a closed-door party meeting, and told him to put up or shut up.
—Tori Otten, The New Republic, 2 Oct. 2023
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The board came into the closed-door session knowing Hinton's employment with SDC was coming to an end.
—Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2024
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But in April, after a closed-door meeting with Walters, the state Legislature declined to block the standards.
—Beth Wallis, NPR, 14 May 2025
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It has been reported that manager Dave Roberts, Betts, and Freeman met in a closed-door meeting after the game.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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The sentencing comes after a closed-door trial in May 2021 where details of Yang’s charges were never released.
—Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2024
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The Supreme Court considered for months whether to take up Apache Stronghold's appeal, discussing the case at more than a dozen closed-door conferences.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 27 May 2025
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The Vietnamese lost two exhibition matches ahead of the tournament and fell 9-0 to Spain in a closed-door tune-up match in Auckland last Friday.
—Anne M. Peterson, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2023
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The Eagle City Council voted in a closed-door meeting in November to fire two of the library trustees who voted to relocate the 23 books.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 4 Feb. 2025
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The Vietnamese lost two exhibitions ahead of the tournament and fell 9-0 to Spain in a closed-door tuneup match in Auckland on July 14.
—Anne M. Peterson, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2023
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