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Recent Examples of closed-door
In Congo’s capital Kinshasa, lawmakers in the National Assembly held a lengthy closed-door extraordinary session to discuss the crisis ahead of a summit with eastern and southern African leaders in Tanzania this weekend.
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Reuters, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2025
House Republicans emerged from their closed-door conference meeting Wednesday with no clear consensus on advancing Trump’s agenda.
—Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2025
Related Articles One of California’s new ‘trailer bills’ has origins in Capitol’s long history of closed-door politics
Last month, the General Accounting Office issued one of its occasional reports on Improper Payments: Agency Reporting of Payment Integrity Information.
—Susan Shelley, Orange County Register, 5 Feb. 2025
The Eagle City Council voted in a closed-door meeting in November to fire two of the library trustees who voted to relocate the 23 books.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 4 Feb. 2025
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Reuters, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2025
House Republicans emerged from their closed-door conference meeting Wednesday with no clear consensus on advancing Trump’s agenda.
—Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2025
Related Articles One of California’s new ‘trailer bills’ has origins in Capitol’s long history of closed-door politics
Last month, the General Accounting Office issued one of its occasional reports on Improper Payments: Agency Reporting of Payment Integrity Information.
—Susan Shelley, Orange County Register, 5 Feb. 2025
The Eagle City Council voted in a closed-door meeting in November to fire two of the library trustees who voted to relocate the 23 books.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for closed-door
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At the same meeting, OpenAI product chief Kevin Weil was set to provide an off-the-record demonstration of other new capabilities OpenAI plans to introduce during the first quarter of this year.—
Ina Fried,
Axios,
30 Jan. 2025
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When Trump’s civil case on financial fraud ramped up in New York City — and through methods that are highly creative (and highly off-the-record) — Brourman finagled a seat with the other courtroom sketch artists, who were not entirely welcoming to this stilettoed upstart in their midst.—
Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2025
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While some people are finding off-the-books employment as waiters or tour guides, experts say tourism is failing to bring a substantial increase in higher wage jobs.—
Gianni Cipriano,
New York Times,
2 Jan. 2025
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Out of other options, Rowan turns to her ex-boyfriend — geneticist Sam Larkin, who’s on the cusp of literally curing blindness(?!) — for an off-the-books testing of Lasher’s genetics.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
5 Jan. 2025
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Brendan Marks and Matt Baker uncovered documents that illustrate North Carolina’s clandestine research into conference realignment.—
Chris Branch,
The Athletic,
12 Feb. 2025
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This defiant and entertaining work playfully uses headshots and avatars to visualize clandestine audio recordings documenting years of Kafkaesque impositions, threats, and vital dissident art.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Closed-door.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closed-door. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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