CLOSES OUT Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

closes out

verb

present tense third-person singular of close out

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 The announcement comes as Slayyyter closes out an insanely successful year. — Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2026 First-time headliners Riley Green and Zach Top will anchor the first two nights of the country music festival, before genre superstar Garth Brooks closes out the final night. — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026 Miranda closes out her video with this statement, as well as a prediction that more brands will take up the mantle of effort-signaling content. — Lis Anderson, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 But as the episode closes out on another flash-forward to Joe’s captivity, we’re reminded that the plan of escape from this hellish timeline only throws her deeper into its clutches. — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2026 This year, there are a few weeks to go until Labor Day closes out the season, so the summer stretch will easily rank as the highest-grossing since 2019, according to Rentrak. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026 The show closes out its five-season run stuck in a narrative rut. — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026 The contemporary dance troupe closes out a 20-year run with its final three hometown shows, including works by choreographers Fernando Magadan, Cayetano Soto, Joan Rodriguez, Richard Siegal and Trey McIntyre. — Arts Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026 The evening closes out with a spirited and twerk-forward performance from Zara Larsson. — Jada Yuan, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026

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Verb

The decision, for now, ends Grab’s first attempt to expand outside Southeast Asia.

— Jay Ganglani, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
The loss of Flyte and Coe (Tom Brooke) earlier in the season leaves the Horses a little worse for wear, but Slow Horses has one parting blow for our semi-competent hero, River (Jack Lowden), before the season ends.

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of ends

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Continue reading … DOUBLE STANDARD — California business guide excludes White people and men from category list.

— , FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Under DeWine's order, public and private universities in Ohio would be able to allow the Class of ’22 athletes to play, even though the NCAA’s new guidance excludes those who have already played four seasons.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of excludes

Verb

Your middle schooler walks in, drops her backpack and shuts the bedroom door.

— Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Oct. 2026
There’s a brief pause, and then my phone goes haywire, inundated with Bluetooth signal spam — new Airpods connections, contact requests, an avalanche of popups that make my phone basically unusable until Hedge shuts it off.

— Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of shuts

Verb

This is in stark contrast to rival retailer Amazon, which bans third-party agentic tools, such as Meta’s Muse and Perplexity’s shopping agent.

— James Peckham, PC Magazine, 22 Oct. 2026
In 2024, Wisconsin voters approved a constitutional amendment backed by Republicans that bans the use of private grant money to run elections.

— CBS News, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of bans

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One reason the early childhood brain development window closes without intervention is that our diagnostic tools were not built to look through the mother-child nexus.

— Holly Baines, STAT, 14 Oct. 2026
The sentence closes a criminal case that grew from an endangerment arrest into a sweeping prosecution tied to multiple deaths and reshaped how Texas regulates unlicensed care homes and the agents who steer older adults into them.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of closes

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Rugbys and polo shirts were also in the spotlight, while jeans, the foundation of the global wardrobe, got a glow-up through elaborate decoration, dyes, and finishes.

— Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026
The family’s application also asks the Supreme Court to take up the case before the Ninth Circuit finishes its review.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026