: one that closes
especially
: a relief pitcher who specializes in finishing games
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In the play, four closers compete to sell worthless properties to unsuspecting customers.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2024
In one, bolstering the part of the team that dealt with the front end of the sales cycle wound up moving more qualified leads to the client relations people and, ultimately, the closers.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
For a few years, the Yankees employed Aroldis Chapman, one of the best closers in the league, who’d been suspended for allegedly choking his girlfriend and firing a gun near her head.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2024
That gave the Padres two All-Star closers, including incumbent Robert Suarez.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2024
In one, bolstering the part of the team that dealt with the front end of the sales cycle wound up moving more qualified leads to the client relations people and, ultimately, the closers.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
For a few years, the Yankees employed Aroldis Chapman, one of the best closers in the league, who’d been suspended for allegedly choking his girlfriend and firing a gun near her head.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2024
That gave the Padres two All-Star closers, including incumbent Robert Suarez.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024
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“Closer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/closer. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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