closed shops

plural of closed shop

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for closed shops
Noun
  • The removable insulation liner makes for easy water dumping and cleaning, even if the fabric does have a few folds and creases in the corners.
    Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Unlike your average tote, this bag is constructed with triangular folds that create more space for your stuff in the top.
    Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The United States has suspended some funding for its flagship AIDS relief program, according to international organizations and members of Congress who warn the cuts are already hurting patients and halting critical projects globally.
    Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
  • According to Anthropic, the company behind Claude, a hacker used its artificial intelligence chatbot to research, hack, and extort at least 17 organizations.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Still others could be finding creative funding solutions — from selling naming rights to signing advertising sponsorships that tap into community and alumni networks.
    Jaime Catmull, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Some attendees quietly voiced the opinion that Seriesly needs to attract more global streamers, more local networks and more international content distributors who can add spice to the screenings line up – something the nascent event will surely explore for 2026.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As lieutenant governor, Duncan backed policies expanding healthcare in rural communities and helped pass the state’s first hate crimes law.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Each year, millions of tons of red mud accumulate worldwide, threatening communities with river contamination and storage disasters.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And who runs America’s colleges?
    Michael Graham, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The wave of threats that canceled classes and put multiple historically Black colleges and universities on lockdown are believed to be hoaxes, federal officials said.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • At the Dallas Street property, small cliques of armed men, mostly Venezuelans and Mexicans, fought an ongoing turf war.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • And there's hierarchy and cliques and clubs and all these different things.
    H. Alan Scott Jennifer Cunningham, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Yet the unit also targets dissenters and those, including various clans, some backed by Israel, that dare to defy Hamas’s rule.
    Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • His death effectively ended the O’More as one of the major Irish clans.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Place a container near your vanity to hold earrings, rings, hairpins, and coins.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
  • During the opposition, Saturn's rings will appear the brightest and widest this year, EarthSky said.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Closed shops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closed%20shops. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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