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Recent Examples of closed-door
The aggressive outreach has taken flight since a closed-door meeting of the House GOP conference in early March, when Hudson advised House Republicans to avoid town halls in their districts.
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Mike Lillis, The Hill, 20 Apr. 2025
The Wall Street Journal reported that investigators from HHS interviewed Armstrong on April 1 during a closed-door deposition following her resignation on March 28.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
New Composers and Casting Clubs have been added this year while as Broadcasters Conclave will see fiction directors from European public and private broadcasters thrash out in closed-door exchange the burning challenges of today.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 8 Apr. 2025
The Senate Armed Services Committee advanced Colby’s nomination last week in a closed-door vote.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
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Mike Lillis, The Hill, 20 Apr. 2025
The Wall Street Journal reported that investigators from HHS interviewed Armstrong on April 1 during a closed-door deposition following her resignation on March 28.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
New Composers and Casting Clubs have been added this year while as Broadcasters Conclave will see fiction directors from European public and private broadcasters thrash out in closed-door exchange the burning challenges of today.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 8 Apr. 2025
The Senate Armed Services Committee advanced Colby’s nomination last week in a closed-door vote.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for closed-door
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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
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However, the meeting after the meeting creates an environment where decisions are often undone or altered by informal, off-the-record conversations.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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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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After authorities responded with mass arrests, weavers formed clandestine committees and took secret oaths.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Til Schweiger plays a sardonic whale-tourism boat captain (and former elite military operative, obviously) who gets roped into taking down a clandestine organization that’s building the perfect super-soldier through genetic experiments.—
Jordan Crucchiola,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Closed-door.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closed-door. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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