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as in closed
to come near or nearer
the eagle closed in on its prey
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Recent Examples of closed in
But a quagmire of launch delays, changes to mission plans and other quirks of timing left the orbiters without a ride when the last Mars transfer window closed in late 2024.
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Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
By Bay City News All lanes of Interstate Highway 80 were reopened in Fairfield on Saturday morning after being closed in the eastbound direction, according to the California Highway Patrol.
—Bay City News Service, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025
The historic building for more than a quarter-century was identified as the home of Eric's Porter-Haus, a steakhouse that closed in 2024, but its past tells a broader story.
—Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025
The accounts were were closed in 2012.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Kansas City once had an extensive streetcar system with miles and miles of lines that ran through the city, into its neighborhoods and across the state line, but the last line closed in 1957 as the city made way for the automobile.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
The Doctors Without Borders emergency center in the neighborhood of Turgeau had temporarily closed in March 2025 after armed men opened fire on four of the organization's vehicles that were evacuating staff from the center.
—NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
The Celtics’ deal closed in August, while the Lakers’ and Trail Blazers’ agreements still need NBA approval.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2025
The current bridge was built as a temporary replacement for the Bly Bridge, which closed in 2013, and construction on the permanent replacement was scheduled to begin in 2020, according to MassDOT.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
By Bay City News All lanes of Interstate Highway 80 were reopened in Fairfield on Saturday morning after being closed in the eastbound direction, according to the California Highway Patrol.
—Bay City News Service, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025
The historic building for more than a quarter-century was identified as the home of Eric's Porter-Haus, a steakhouse that closed in 2024, but its past tells a broader story.
—Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025
The accounts were were closed in 2012.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Kansas City once had an extensive streetcar system with miles and miles of lines that ran through the city, into its neighborhoods and across the state line, but the last line closed in 1957 as the city made way for the automobile.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
The Doctors Without Borders emergency center in the neighborhood of Turgeau had temporarily closed in March 2025 after armed men opened fire on four of the organization's vehicles that were evacuating staff from the center.
—NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
The Celtics’ deal closed in August, while the Lakers’ and Trail Blazers’ agreements still need NBA approval.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2025
The current bridge was built as a temporary replacement for the Bly Bridge, which closed in 2013, and construction on the permanent replacement was scheduled to begin in 2020, according to MassDOT.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for closed in
Verb
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The Qianlong Garden was closed for nearly a century.—
Fred He,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Eastern Time Tuesday, just over half an hour after polls closed.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Place wings, skin side down, on unlit side of grill; cover and grill, undisturbed, until darkened in color and cooked through, about 20 minutes.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Political action committees have circulated push polls falsely suggesting Mamdani intends to make halal mandatory, and attack ads have darkened and elongated his beard to evoke the visual coding of menace.—
Faisal Kutty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The Kingpin is one of its offerings this year, an intimidating V-8 monster that makes over 800 horsepower and is blacked out.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
5 Nov. 2025
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Disney’s networks have been blacked out on YouTube TV since last week.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Worrell was approached by his colleagues to be Council president last term, but didn’t actively pursue the role, instead opting to throw his support behind Louijeune, a City Hall source told the Herald.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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Officers stopped the pursuit for safety reasons as the car approached 7th Avenue.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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To determine the rankings, GOBankingRates drew on data from several sources, including Zillow, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Federal Reserve, and weighted the rankings to produce an overall score that reflects both affordability and livability.—
Katie Nadworny,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Oct. 2025
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Lockhart said Patterson’s paintings drew on her experiences on visits to Ireland’s Aran Islands between 1960 and 1989 and captured the quiet moments of individual lives.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The prototype — designed, like the Miura, by Gandini — first appeared at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show, an impossible doorstop of a spaceship with a roofline that barely came up to the waists of the go-go-boot-wearing models who posed alongside it.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
6 Nov. 2025
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Lipovsky and Stein came up through the world of children’s TV, before earning Hollywood attention thanks to their 2018 cult hit Freaks, which was their own take on the superhero genre.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Closed in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closed%20in. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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