closed shop

Definition of closed shopnext

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Noun
  • During a search at the police department, Insogna was allegedly found with 18 wax folds of heroin/fentanyl under her clothes near her ankle, the report said.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
  • This 20 percent-off Patagonia Women’s Houdini Jacket is weather-repellant and folds down into a hand-sized pouch.
    Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • FedEx also aims to build on its data and artificial intelligence capabilities to improve network planning and better predict global trade flows.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Find this story at Iowa Capital Dispatch, which is part of States Newsroom, a network of news bureaus supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity.
    Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Savannah Guthrie and her siblings have since issued emotional pleas for her return, offering to pay after unverified ransom notes were sent to several media organizations.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 12 Feb. 2026
  • But the study, which Wengert’s organization is conducting on the state’s behalf, isn’t due until next year.
    Rachel Becker, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The military offers its officers a variety of opportunities to get graduate-level education both at war colleges run by the military as well as civilian institutions like Harvard.
    JOCELYN GECKER, Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
  • For decades the old guard has held the line in the South, but the drumbeat of change grew like a fight song on a college football field.
    Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • In that worldview, what mattered was the welfare of the governed, not of the governing clique.
    Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • And the Thom Browne clique has become thee group to go to the Met Gala with.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The company maintains that the incident impacted only a limited set of user data and did not expose passwords, financial information or private messages.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Here, the curved sides define the space around the dining set and act as patio walls.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • But, as is often the case with the Fraser and MacKenzie clans, drama was never far behind.
    Amy Wilkinson, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Feb. 2026
  • When novelist Allegra Goodman introduces the clan, Jeanne is dying; at the book’s end, the family has assembled for Charlie’s bris.
    Clare McHugh, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • As armed gangs now control up to 90% of metropolitan Port-au-Prince and parts of the Artibonite region -- areas that together represent roughly 60% of the electorate -- Washington has emphasized the need for stability and a swift path to elections rather than a prolonged transition.
    JACQUELINE CHARLES MIAMI HERALD, Arkansas Online, 6 Feb. 2026
  • As armed gangs now control up to 90% of metropolitan Port-au-Prince and parts of the Artibonite region — areas that together represent roughly 60% of the electorate — Washington has emphasized the need for stability and a swift path to elections rather than a prolonged transition.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Closed shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closed%20shop. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.

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