How to Use closed-door in a Sentence
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The judge in the case approved the request of Craig’s former attorney to leave after a closed-door hearing last month.
— CNN, 1 Dec. 2024 -
During a closed-door meeting with about a dozen senators late Monday evening, none asked Hegseth about the allegations against him.
— Lisa Mascaro, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024 -
The last time the clubs played was a closed-door preseason match in 2021.
— The Enquirer, 25 Apr. 2023 -
The State Board discussed the deal in a series of three closed-door meetings last spring.
— Kevin Richert, Idaho Statesman, 27 Jan. 2024 -
The source asked not to be named discussing closed-door diplomatic talks.
— Elliott Gotkine, CNN, 12 May 2023 -
The court’s ruling came after a closed-door hearing on the issue held last month.
— Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 14 June 2024 -
Those closed-door talks between PVV and three other parties have dragged on for weeks.
— Peter Aitken, Fox News, 3 Jan. 2024 -
The closed-door trade event was open only to people with industry ties.
— Todd C. Frankel, Shawn Boburg, Josh Dawsey, Ashley Parker and Alex Horton, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2023 -
Most of them are also expected to attend the closed-door fundraiser in New York City this evening.
— Graham Kates, CBS News, 14 May 2024 -
The Senate has held closed-door meeting on the topic, and TikTok urged its users to contact Congress to protest.
— August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024 -
Parrish was 0 of 6 after going 1 of 7 behind the arc in the closed-door scrimmage against Arizona State.
— Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2023 -
Ever the pro, Clarkson swiftly recovered and finished the rest of her set at the closed-door event, decked out in the same lacy black outfit.
— Kyle Denis, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2023 -
The deal was struck between Hochul and leaders of the state Senate and Assembly after a series of closed-door talks.
— Maysoon Khan, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2024 -
Following a closed-door meeting on Sunday, May 21, the ...
— Richard Goldberg, National Review, 31 May 2023 -
The board met with the county attorney in a closed-door session before the vote at the emergency meeting.
— Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 8 Mar. 2023 -
The bipartisan closed-door screening of the footage was supplied by the Israeli Embassy.
— Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner, 15 Nov. 2023 -
There are still two more closed-door mediation sessions scheduled — one on Feb. 23 and one on March 1.
— Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2024 -
Still, as governor, Shapiro didn’t talk about vouchers until June, while in the midst of intense closed-door budget talks.
— Marc Levy, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2023 -
After the news conference, Belivuk offered his side of the story at a closed-door court hearing.
— Robert F. Worth, New York Times, 3 May 2023 -
In mid-September, McCarthy snapped at Gaetz during a closed-door party meeting, and told him to put up or shut up.
— Tori Otten, The New Republic, 2 Oct. 2023 -
The board came into the closed-door session knowing Hinton's employment with SDC was coming to an end.
— Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2024 -
The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the closed-door meeting.
— Tia Goldenberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2024 -
The Vietnamese lost two exhibitions ahead of the tournament and fell 9-0 to Spain in a closed-door tuneup match in Auckland on July 14.
— Anne M. Peterson, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2023 -
The sentencing comes after a closed-door trial in May 2021 where details of Yang’s charges were never released.
— Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2024 -
The Vietnamese lost two exhibition matches ahead of the tournament and fell 9-0 to Spain in a closed-door tune-up match in Auckland last Friday.
— Anne M. Peterson, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2023 -
His closed-door trial with secret evidence began in June, and by mid-July he was sentenced to 16 years in prison.
— Cate Brown, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024 -
On the other side, Perrone, who has retained a lawyer, says the committee never brought up his contract requests in the closed-door meeting.
— Mandy McLaren, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2023 -
The closed-door meeting ended without a vote as world powers agreed to reconvene on Thursday.
— Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023 -
For more than three weeks, leaders from the House and Senate have been in closed-door talks to reconcile different versions of the budget each chamber passed.
— Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2023 -
The closed-door candidate forum is scheduled for Tuesday.
— Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2023
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