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Recent Examples of closed-door
In closed-door testimony last summer, Mr. Cuomo initially denied having seen or reviewed the report before its release.
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Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Trump reportedly called out Lawler by name at the closed-door meeting, instructing the Westchester County lawmaker to stop haggling over SALT.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
The hardliners had spent much of the day in closed-door negotiations with House Republican leaders and White House officials.
—Susan Heavey, USA Today, 19 May 2025
At a closed-door meeting in the basement of the Missouri Capitol this week, Gov. Mike Kehoe pitched Republican lawmakers on a sweeping plan to keep the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals in the state.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2025
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Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Trump reportedly called out Lawler by name at the closed-door meeting, instructing the Westchester County lawmaker to stop haggling over SALT.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
The hardliners had spent much of the day in closed-door negotiations with House Republican leaders and White House officials.
—Susan Heavey, USA Today, 19 May 2025
At a closed-door meeting in the basement of the Missouri Capitol this week, Gov. Mike Kehoe pitched Republican lawmakers on a sweeping plan to keep the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals in the state.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 15 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
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Syria under Assad is believed to have operated an extensive clandestine nuclear program, which included an undeclared nuclear reactor built by North Korea in eastern Deir el-Zour province.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 June 2025
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The only way to pre-empt detection by these IAEA watchdogs would be for Ukraine to withdraw from the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and expel the atomic inspectors, but those moves would amount to trumpeting Kyiv’s clandestine quest to develop a nuclear warhead.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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“Closed-door.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closed-door. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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