How to Use closely held in a Sentence

closely held

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• Almost until the very end, the details were closely held and in flux.
  — Austin Weinstein, Fortune, 4 June 2023
• The report may be the most closely held secret in Alaska.
  — Bob Reiss, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2017
• This scoop was very, very closely held within the NYT — just like the paper's 2018 Trump tax expose was.
  — Brian Stelter, CNN, 28 Sep. 2020
• Centerview remains closely held and has no plans for that to change any time soon.
  — Dana Cimilluca, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2020
• But such records are not disclosable under that law and are closely held by the agency.
  — Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2020
• Rather than making a splash with an announcement of that total, the campaign has closely held the number for more than a week.
  — Bill Allison, Bloomberg.com, 9 Oct. 2020
• Though the memoir is closely held by the family, Calloway agreed last fall to study it again on my behalf and share some of its contents.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Mar. 2021
• The numbers of battlefield dead and wounded are closely held secrets on both sides.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2022
• But not all aides were supportive of the measure, though some kept their criticisms closely held.
  — Author: Rachel Siegel, Josh Dawsey, Mike Debonis, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Dec. 2020
• Her decision had been closely held, and her spokesman said Mrs. Pelosi had prepared two versions of a speech Wednesday night.
  — Natalie Andrews, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2022
• The draft reports, all dating from October, had been closely held until this week.
  — Sean Reilly, Science | AAAS, 2 Jan. 2020
• Cox is a private company, closely held by descendants of its founder, James M. Cox.
  — Paul Farhi, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2022
• That came soon after Epic Games, the closely held developer of the free-to-play shooter game, launched a new in-game payment system that skirted the rules of both markets.
  — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2020
• For 30 minutes or so, Pompeo would help Trump digest the country’s most closely held secrets about the world’s most pressing conflicts.
  — Elizabeth Dias, Time, 13 Mar. 2018
• The newest study, produced last year, is closely held and not circulated outside the industry, but a copy was obtained by The Times.
  — New York Times, 18 June 2022
• Even then, the indictment was sealed and the information was closely held in Washington.
  — Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2020
• Also, according to current case law, it should be closely held by the government.
  — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 18 June 2023
• The Wisconsin 75 is an annual list of the state's 75 largest private and closely held companies ranked by revenue.
  — Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2022
• Though his statements were closely held, DEA officials got wind of them and pushed back vehemently.
  — Tim Golden, ProPublica, 8 Dec. 2022
• Though his statements were closely held, D.E.A. officials got wind of them and pushed back vehemently.
  — Tim Golden, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2022
• But the process is usually closely held, making Dr. Dodd’s lawsuit a rare instance in which private grievances are being aired in the public domain.
  — David W. Chen, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2018
• Those who were involved in the scheme kept the strategy closely held, according to three former campaign officials.
  — Amy Gardner, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2023
• The other social media platforms are closely held by their founders through their companies’ share structures.
  — David Streitfeld, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2022
• The details of planning for troop reductions in West Africa have been closely held in the Pentagon, and Congress has not been consulted, officials said.
  — Arkansas Online, 25 Dec. 2019
• There is no other business so closely held by one family that is also so big and so diversified.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 23 Aug. 2019
• Hasbro, which ranks just behind closely held Lego in worldwide sales, suffered a 2 percent fourth-quarter drop, although full-year sales grew 3.8 percent.
  — Carol Matlack, chicagotribune.com, 2 Apr. 2018
• The program, in which the accounting and consulting firm Deloitte recognizes the state’s largest privately and closely held companies, is now in its 18th year.
  — Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Nov. 2020
• The program, in which the accounting and consulting firm Deloitte recognizes the state’s largest privately and closely held companies, is in its 19th year.
  — Kaylee Staral, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2021
• In the cases where an exception is made, the company will now disclose it publicly, the person said - after years of such decisions being closely held.
  — Elizabeth Dwoskin, Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2021
• In the cases where an exception is made, the company will now disclose it publicly, the person said — after years of such decisions being closely held.
  — Washington Post, 6 May 2021

Last Updated: 3 Oct 2024