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Recent Examples of closed-door
The legal feud is set to continue this week with a closed-door case conference scheduled Tuesday.
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Jason Ma, Fortune Asia, 3 Mar. 2025
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee began hashing out what to do on taxes in a closed-door meeting Monday evening.
—Stef W. Kight, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
Trump then called off his closed-door meeting with Zelenskyy and their subsequent joint press conference, unexpectedly sending the team of Ukrainian officials home without making progress.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
House Republican leaders held a press briefing Tuesday morning following a closed-door meeting and ahead of a key vote on the budget resolution.
—The Hill Staff, The Hill, 25 Feb. 2025
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Jason Ma, Fortune Asia, 3 Mar. 2025
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee began hashing out what to do on taxes in a closed-door meeting Monday evening.
—Stef W. Kight, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
Trump then called off his closed-door meeting with Zelenskyy and their subsequent joint press conference, unexpectedly sending the team of Ukrainian officials home without making progress.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
House Republican leaders held a press briefing Tuesday morning following a closed-door meeting and ahead of a key vote on the budget resolution.
—The Hill Staff, The Hill, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for closed-door
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Mike Allen Jan 31, 2025 - Politics & Policy Altman gives AI show-and-tell to D.C. power players OpenAI CEO Sam Altman gave government leaders, policy experts and journalists a sneak peek at coming technology Thursday during an off-the-record demo near Capitol Hill.—
Maria Curi,
Axios,
12 Feb. 2025
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At the same meeting, OpenAI product chief Kevin Weil was set to provide an off-the-record demonstration of other new capabilities OpenAI plans to introduce during the first quarter of this year.—
Ina Fried,
Axios,
30 Jan. 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
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While some people are finding off-the-books employment as waiters or tour guides, experts say tourism is failing to bring a substantial increase in higher wage jobs.—
Gianni Cipriano,
New York Times,
2 Jan. 2025
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Information in federal systems includes Treasury payments that could be used to figure out the details of intelligence programs or health and personnel records that could reveal the identities of agents or the responsibilities of clandestine officers.—
DAVID KLEPPER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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The criminal charges also allege Navarro and Worden ensured that no invoice related to the clandestine construction surpassed $3,000, a threshold that would have required further authorization from Caltrain and TransAmerica Services Inc., the company that employed Worden.—
Robert Salonga,
The Mercury News,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Closed-door.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closed-door. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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