closed shop

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Noun
  • Floor-to-ceiling rows of whole legs of prosciutto were arranged like folds in a curtain, which somehow gave the effect of an opera set, thanks to the room’s dramatic modern chandeliers—apt for a factory in Giuseppe Verdi’s hometown.
    Marcia DeSanctis, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Between prospective Top 40 meteorites, Cowboy pulls country-rap into its root-rock fold.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Fox Sports owns half of the league, and Birmingham finished as one of the top viewership markets on the network last season.
    Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The company and Trump’s team have confirmed that that have been in settlement talks, sparking worries that the network would deliver a payout to the president to try to ease the way for the merger’s completion.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Congressional Republicans have raised no objections to the massive, indiscriminate firings of employees in many government offices and federal organizations initiated by Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.
    Mordechai Gordon, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2025
  • While these recent deaths prompted calls for the race to end, organizations have been protesting the Iditarod for decades, according to Melanie Johnson, a senior manager at PETA.
    Megan Forrester, ABC News, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Williamson County includes parts of Austin, where Worthy played college football at the University of Texas.
    Dave Skretta, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Now heading into his final college postseason, Reese is up to 1,420 career points and 977 rebounds, which keeps him on pace to the be the second Terp to eclipse 1,000 career rebounds.
    Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Last year, Lohan, Chabert and Amanda Seyfried, who rounded out the Plastics clique as Karen Smith in the original movie, reprised their characters for a Walmart Black Friday ad.
    Jen Juneau, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Written and directed by Alex Russell, Lurker follows retail employee Matthew (Pellerin), who infiltrates the clique of a rising musician, Oliver (Madekwe).
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Nielsen’s streaming ratings cover viewing on TV sets only and don’t include minutes watched on computers or mobile devices.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2025
  • That’s what’s nice about this budget, black-curtain set.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Scott MacArthur As Ness Gordon Best known for: The Righteous Gemstones, No Hard Feelings Scott MacArthur appears as Ness Gordon, another member of the Gordon clan who is the general manager of the Waves.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The Marriott hotel clan, now Marriott International based in Bethesda, Maryland, eyed the once-rural property between Routes 21 and 22, and the Des Plaines River in the late 1960s.
    Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • His stylists added extra flair with a blousy, checked silk ribbon tie and Boucheron cocktail rings.
    Carol McColgin, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Less pricey items include metal rings and necklaces with bids beginning between $25 and $50.
    Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Closed shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closed%20shop. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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