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Recent Examples of closed-door
Or a manager who defended you in closed-door meetings, perhaps changing the narrative about why a project was not as successful as hoped.
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Rosalind Chow, Time, 13 May 2025
In panel discussions, roundtables, and closed-door meetings, analysts exalted the virtues of the United States as an investment destination and excoriated Europe as overregulated, uncompetitive, and incapable of innovating.
—Arancha González Laya, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2025
With both federal agencies bearing down on Celgene, a closed-door meeting was held at FDA headquarters at the end of August.
—David Armstrong, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
The issues were raised during a closed-door meeting between Nvidia executives and the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday.
—Stephen Nellis, USA Today, 2 May 2025
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Rosalind Chow, Time, 13 May 2025
In panel discussions, roundtables, and closed-door meetings, analysts exalted the virtues of the United States as an investment destination and excoriated Europe as overregulated, uncompetitive, and incapable of innovating.
—Arancha González Laya, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2025
With both federal agencies bearing down on Celgene, a closed-door meeting was held at FDA headquarters at the end of August.
—David Armstrong, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
The issues were raised during a closed-door meeting between Nvidia executives and the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday.
—Stephen Nellis, USA Today, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for closed-door
Adjective
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All either failed to respond or, in two instances, offered off-the-record comments that distanced themselves from Combs.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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Former President Biden spoke with students at the Harvard Kennedy School in an off-the-record study group Wednesday at the invitation of his longtime adviser, Mike Donilon.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In 1743, Keith was sent to Fleet Prison for his off-the-books activities.—
Alexandra Cox,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Mar. 2025
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This second Adam and Eve are at odds because Adam, a trans man, is pregnant, and his sister, a scientist and genetic researcher, has volunteered to be his off-the-books OBGYN, helping him and his partner Fox (Ryan Jamaal Swain) through the pregnancy.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The Gestapo, Hitler’s secret police, combed the Poles’ ranks in search of men with experience in clandestine resistance organizations.—
Paul Hockenos,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 May 2025
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Alongside the harbour in Lerwick are five fishing boats, once part of the clandestine Anglo-Norwegian Shetland Bus mission, and the wartime cargo ship Hestmanden.—
Heather Farmbrough,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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“Closed-door.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closed-door. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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