closed-door
adjective
: barring public and press
a closed-door session of the investigating committee
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Lammy was speaking to reporters after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addressed other senior diplomats in a closed-door session at the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Johannesburg.
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Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 21 Feb. 2025
Hippler took nearly four weeks before issuing his decisions after a pair of hearings — a mix of public and closed-door sessions — held last month.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 20 Feb. 2025
The vote to focus on private-sector proposals tees up the public phase of what’s so far been closed-door lobbying by companies eager to win a county contract to build and operate an incinerator expected to cost close to $2 billion.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Apprehensions along the southwestern border plummeted in January: CBP
Despite Trump’s endorsement of the House plan on Wednesday, senators left a closed-door lunch with Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday committed to advancing their proposal.
—Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 20 Feb. 2025
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Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 21 Feb. 2025
Hippler took nearly four weeks before issuing his decisions after a pair of hearings — a mix of public and closed-door sessions — held last month.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 20 Feb. 2025
The vote to focus on private-sector proposals tees up the public phase of what’s so far been closed-door lobbying by companies eager to win a county contract to build and operate an incinerator expected to cost close to $2 billion.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Apprehensions along the southwestern border plummeted in January: CBP
Despite Trump’s endorsement of the House plan on Wednesday, senators left a closed-door lunch with Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday committed to advancing their proposal.
—Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Closed-door.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/closed-door. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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