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as in ends
to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point
the team closed out the season with major losses
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as in excludes
to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of
don't assume an attitude that closes out any possibility of a compromise
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as in shuts
to stop the operations of
failing health forced the cardiologist to close out his practice
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Recent Examples of closes out
As HaRUNbee closes out its 10th year, Thompson is one of many organizers fighting to ensure the city's infant mortality rate continues to decline.
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Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for closes out
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Games Cowboys have to have When the season ultimately ends, or when there is talk of playoffs, this is one of those nights the Cowboys will look back on and curse themselves for not winning.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Nun ends on a flashback to a scene from The Conjuring, revealing that Ed and Lorraine performed an exorcism on Maurice, the man who helped Irene defeat Valak but ended up getting secretly possessed in the process.—
Emily Palmer Heller,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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For example, the value of the Dallas Cowboys excludes The Star, the team's 91-acre headquarters, practice facility and commercial real estate.—
Michael Ozanian,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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Notably, the executive order excludes agencies that have supported him, including those representing law enforcement and Customs and Border Protection employees.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
1 Sep. 2025
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However, often parents will blame social media and technology in response to their teens speaking out about their mental health and that shuts them down.—
Lani Ngonethong,
Twin Cities,
30 Aug. 2025
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Lynette shuts him down, hitting him over the head with a lamp before finding Kenny and slipping away with the money.—
Allison DeGrushe Published,
EW.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Here are some additional details about this year's Parade of Homes, which concludes on Labor Day.—
Ricardo Torres,
jsonline.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Nurse Chapel concludes that sleep, friends, and romantic entanglements have been hampering her productivity.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The law approved Tuesday bans the selling of any kratom product to people under 21 and says businesses can’t sell any product that have more than 2% of 7-OH.—
Michael Slaten,
Oc Register,
29 Aug. 2025
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Additionally, Abbott signed Senate Bill 314, barring certain additives from meals provided through free and reduced breakfast and lunch programs, and Senate Bill 379, which bans the purchase of sugary snacks and drinks, such as soda, with SNAP benefits.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Aug. 2025
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Carson Beck finishes the game 22 of 24 for 267 yards and 2 touchdowns.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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Golden State finishes its inaugural regular season with two games against the Minnesota Lynx and one against the Seattle Storm.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Organizations are recognizing that this post-sale period needs its own leadership, with clear metrics, accountability and responsibility, because so much is at stake after the sale closes.—
Rachel Lyubovitzky,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The most valuable ones start not with the opportunity itself, but with the judgment to know when to step onto the path — and when to act before the moment closes.—
Jessica Billingsley,
Rolling Stone,
2 Sep. 2025
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This approach helps untangle cause from coincidence – and rules out confounding factors better than with observational studies.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 Aug. 2025
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This rules out hundreds of millions of PCs, despite occasional suggestions that some of those machines may be upgraded anyway.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Closes out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closes%20out. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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