closed shops

noun

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 social equity impact brand 40 Tons created a large activation and live podcast in collaboration with Core Cannabis Museum and many sponsor organizations.
    Andrew DeAngelo, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Through technology and entrepreneurship, these organizations are demonstrating that collaboration is possible even in in the midst of war.
    Hessie Jones, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of organizations
Noun
  • In addition, widespread access to healthier food options that are cheaper and readily available, particularly among underserved poorer communities will help keep people healthy and mitigate obesity and ultimately a diagnosis of type II diabetes.
    Omer Awan, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • And the Karen and Telugu communities have additional regular services in their own languages.
    Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of communities
Noun
  • Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3 cleared $10M on the first full day of kids and colleges students off from school.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 24 Dec. 2024
  • According to the Digest of Education Statistics, 2020 enrollments in four-year, for-profit colleges were down by about half from their 2010 peak, while two-year colleges declined about 40% from a 2010 peak.
    Bryan Penprase, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of colleges
Noun
  • And that's where little cliques were formed.
    Kate Hogan, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • With Venus entering your 11th house of friendships, networks and visions of the future, this transit could spark connections that challenge your social circles and cliques.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of cliques
Noun
  • In 2020, the California Fish and Game Commission made six lion clans a candidate for protection under the state Endangered Species Act, and are expected to decide whether to permanently list them next year.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Any recognition of Somaliland as an independent state will result in dangerous repercussions, including exacerbating internal divisions between the various clans of Somaliland that support independence and others that seek to remain within the Somali federal state.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of clans
Noun
  • Strikes — particularly ones that happen during the holidays, a time of high economic activity — can help unions exercise leverage during negotiations or flex their muscles by garnering support from workers and sympathetic consumers.
    CBS News, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Both unions are working to raise public awareness of their struggles and to compel their employers to engage in discussions about fair compensation and labor practices.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of unions
Noun
  • Throughout Germany, where the AfD has placed highly in state elections, the other parties have generally refused to form coalitions with it.
    Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The mainstream parties have refused to govern with the AfD, but its presence complicates the parliamentary arithmetic, making unwieldy coalitions more likely.
    Fox News, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of coalitions
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