closed shops

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Definition of closed shopsnext
plural of closed shop
as in galères

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  1. organizations
  2. communities
  3. colleges
  4. cliques
  5. clans
  6. unions
  7. coalitions
Noun
  • The experts from various organizations within the Enterprise, such as Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), the Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC), and the Nevada National Security Site, worked closely with NNSA for eight years.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
  • In response to this, healthcare organizations are increasingly prioritizing sustainability to establish a more resilient healthcare sector, paired with significant social and economic reward.
    Molly Matthews, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of organizations
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  • That's because most Americans, including in the communities ravaged by the massive storm, lack flood insurance.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Additionally, the Biden administration warned that pausing the rule would harm downwind states and tribal communities that live near power plants.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of communities
Noun
  • How did the Wall Street Journal determine its best colleges list?
    Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Communication With Specific Tele-Counselors The ACE’s report discussed the importance of collaboration between telehealth vendors and colleges, especially with campus counseling centers.
    Eric Wood, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of colleges
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  • Today, though, even the most exclusive of these maritime cliques embrace their surrounding communities, whether through wildly popular race weeks, youth sailing programs, or taking the helm on sustainability issues.
    Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2024
  • When and why do girls start forming cliques?
    Hannah L. Schacter, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of cliques
Noun
  • Chaos and crime Testing Hamas’ limited capabilities is the reemergence of armed gangs and clans, who held sway in Gaza before 2007.
    Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Dungeons & Dragons taught fantasy fans to understand orcs as a fusion of racist tropes, combining a barbaric other and a vaguely native people of tribes and clans.
    Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Vox, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of clans
Noun
  • As new technologies are introduced, unions have historically ensured new jobs for workers who lose them, severance, or retraining, said Lisa Kresge, a researcher at the University of California Berkeley’s Labor Center.
    Jenn Brice, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Talks now turn to the automation of ports, which the unions says will lead to fewer jobs, and other sticking points.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of unions
Noun
  • And in time, America’s demography and its political coalitions could change in ways that might help our politics come unstuck.
    Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
  • In building these and other coalitions, the Biden administration has always made fellow democracies its first port of call.
    Antony J. Blinken, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of coalitions
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