closed shop

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Noun
  • This is an open grid to hold the food that folds shut to form a basket.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Dan Hawkins brought Cody into the UCD coaching fold in 2017, a role that grew to offensive coordinator.
    Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Airwallex also offers its global network of licenses and services to other fintech companies through API integrations, such as facilitating Brex, Rippling, and Deel’s international expansions.
    Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The network also published the complete transcript of the 90-minute interview online.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Employees who have positive AI experiences become AI advocates, driving organic adoption throughout the organization.
    François Candelon, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The Power of Cinema Award honors an individual or organization whose actions through storytelling have advanced the significance and social relevance of film in today’s modern culture.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Create a new account and start with a $1 bet on the NBA, NHL, World Series, NFL, college football or any other sport.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Whatever way the wind blows, that’s the way college sports go.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The results are similar, with each former employee’s clique now bullying Robert in protest.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The founders leveraged their Instagram followings and those of their clique of friends, which translated into high visibility, buzz and attention from buyers.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Democrats may also face a challenge from a case before the Supreme Court, which heard first in October, and a second set or oral arguments in early November.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Waterhouse says that on set, the group would regularly meet up and watch live footage of Fleetwood Mac like a football team watching game film.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Anya Taylor-Joy, in her film debut as the family's teenage daughter, appears to be the center of the escalating occurrences, as the clan begins to splinter.
    Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
  • It was previously announced that Andrew would be excluded from Christmas celebrations with the rest of the Windsor clan.
    Max Foster, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Uncovered, in which he is brought into the scammers’ world by mysterious gang boss Abdul and learns just how deep the operation goes.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2025
  • In 2021, the most recent year for which there’s data, more than 800,000 Filipinos were kidnapped by the gangs who dominate this trade in the South Pacific.
    Natalia Paradies, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Closed shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closed%20shop. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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