closed shop

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Noun
  • Wash and fold is $1.60 plus tax per pound, with a 14-pound minimum.
    Keely Doll, The Courier-Journal, 17 July 2025
  • The bundled stand folds to support the Asus ZenScreen MB16AHG and enables you to set your display in portrait as well as landscape orientations.
    Jade Chung-Lee, PC Magazine, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Streets included in the network are focus areas in a citywide effort to curb the number of vehicle crashes with injuries.
    Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 29 July 2025
  • Trump has brought the border under control, a tribute to the power of clear messaging along sophisticated migrant communication networks.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 28 July 2025
Noun
  • Pfister was also a legacy member of the Greater Phoenix Leadership Inc., an organization of influential Arizona leaders.
    Shawn Raymundo, AZCentral.com, 23 July 2025
  • In this poll, like earlier ones from other organizations, young people and Democrats had more favorable views of socialism and less favorable views of capitalism.
    Karlyn Bowman, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • Mental health professionals have long stated potential concerns about anthropomorphized AI, especially regarding their interactions with traditional-aged college students and emerging adults.
    Eric Wood, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
  • Goldin, who is signed by the Heat to a two-way contract after a five-year college career that included three seasons at Florida Atlantic, is the only player currently on an NBA deal who played for the Heat’s summer team on Friday.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 19 July 2025
Noun
  • The pair were placed next to each other at a meal as part of Farke’s seating plan, where the German manager alternates a British player, then a foreign one, then a Brit and so on, around the tables — no cliques, no comfort zones.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 26 July 2025
  • While at Robinson High School, Hogan found his clique with classmates who shared a passion for wrestling.
    Sue Carswell, People.com, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • Last season, the pair even traveled back to the Las Vegas wedding chapel where they were first married in a secret ceremony in 1996, after meeting on the set of the soap opera All My Children.
    EW.com, EW.com, 28 July 2025
  • Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of solutions for their local newspaper.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 28 July 2025
Noun
  • The two clans clash, and one Na’vi is taken out with a flaming arrow.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 21 July 2025
  • Among the families taking on the challenge is the Hanna/Riggs clan from Texas, comprised of married couple Jason Hanna and Joe Riggs and their 10-year-old twin sons.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 16 July 2025
Noun
  • Wilson, 33, and the team at The Jewelry Group, Inc. first met up in January, and over the next several months created what is now a starting collection of charm necklaces, earrings, rings, boot bracelets, hat brim bling and collar tips.
    Michelle Lee, People.com, 28 July 2025
  • Paul Levesque, a 14-time WWE World Champion best known in the ring as Triple H and WWE’s chief content officer since 2022, serves as the narrator of the docuseries.
    Jim Varsallone, Miami Herald, 28 July 2025
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“Closed shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closed%20shop. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.

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