closed shops

noun

plural of closed shop
as in galères

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for closed shops
  1. folds
  2. organizations
  3. networks
  4. communities
  5. colleges
  6. cliques
  7. clans
  8. rings
Noun
  • Instead, pack blazers, dress shirts, and anything with structure in a garment bag, which requires fewer folds and lays flat.
    — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Fifty folds makes the paper about 113 million km thick, so one more gets you past the sun—51 folds is about 225 million km.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of folds
Noun
  • The decision quickly drew criticism from cattle industry organizations.
    — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Opportunities are delayed because organizations are debating whose numbers are correct rather than deciding what actions to take.
    — Ashraf Altawashi, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of organizations
Noun
  • The system was designed to support secure and resilient data sharing between satellite networks operating in low-Earth orbit.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Fox News Digital reached out to Seajets Ferries in Greece, one of the largest networks of high-speed and catamaran vessels in the Aegean Sea.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of networks
Noun
  • Romanian officials have warned that the danger to border communities is very real.
    — David Brennan, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • As some communities across the country are choosing to end their relationship with Flock Safety and its license plate readers over privacy and police misuse concerns, several Chicago suburbs are renewing their use of the controversial police tool.
    — Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of communities
Noun
  • In North Carolina, for instance, colleges and universities must get approval from the state's board of elections before their student IDs can be accepted as voter ID.
    — Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The recession caused by the Covid pandemic led to a new round of cuts to public colleges and universities, the CBPP found.
    — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of colleges
Noun
  • Amid the crushes, cliques, and teenage angst, two sisters set out to define themselves on their own terms.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
  • In a number of sensitive sectors, such as telecommunications, EVs, and drones, such cliques have already formed, setting bans and restrictions on the use of equipment from Chinese telecommunications companies Huawei and ZTE.
    — Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of cliques
Noun
  • All Palestinian clans and families in Gaza would also be a target for disarmament, which would have an impact on the future of Hamas and Palestinian armed struggle.
    — Mkhaimar Abusada, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Scores attach to a profile, clans compete by country, challenges travel between friends.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of clans
Noun
  • The city also sees many Balkan influences as well such as koulouri (sesame bread rings) which are sold on almost every street corner and warm bougatsa (traditional breakfast dessert) filled with semolina custard.
    — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • It’s all meant to defeat the crime rings that are often armed with nothing more than hydraulic bolt cutters, preying on railroads as a reliable source of easy-to-steal merchandise.
    — Kiel Porter, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of rings
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