closed shop

noun

Definition of closed shopnext
as in fold

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  1. fold
  2. network
  3. organization
  4. college
  5. clique
  6. set
  7. clan
  8. ring
Noun
  • Starting with the player to the dealer's left, check, call or fold.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Now the sun lit up the astonishing length of the Muldrow Glacier thousands of feet below, animating its frozen folds like ripples on a running river.
    — Cassidy Randall, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2025
Definition of fold
Noun
  • After Trump was elected in November, investors initially saw Musk’s alliance with the incoming president as a positive development for Tesla and its long-running efforts to launch a network of self-driving cars.
    — Michael Liedtke, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Visa isn’t the only big credit card network treating fraud as not only a threat, but a business opportunity.
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Definition of network
Noun
  • The research is the result of collaboration between the Maine Department of Marine Resources, the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, and several other organizations.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The library now needs to build out the new Canadian entrance to code — a blow to a not-for-profit organization that has existed on a limited endowment since 1908.
    — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2025
Definition of organization
Noun
  • Between 2015 and 2023, Weiss gained access to the databases of more than 100 colleges and universities that were being maintained by a third-party vendor, and then downloaded personal information and medical data of more than 150,000 athletes, the indictment states.
    — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Those exemptions include circumstances that might relate to hardship, such as huge medical bills or the need to pay health insurance premiums after a layoff, as well as college tuition and such happy events as the first-time purchase or of a house and the birth or adoption of a child.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of college
Noun
  • Tony Award winner Paloma Young masterminded the musical’s costumes, which are inspired by styles worn by the different teen cliques of ‘90s America, from Grunge and Skater to Preppy, and of course Cher’s iconic yellow and black plaid skirt suit plays a starring role.
    — Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • And their late father managed a local Orlando rap clique.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of clique
Noun
  • Around 10:30, Portman reappeared to present one of the final sets of the night.
    — John Lonsdale, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Southern Living visited the set last summer and sat down with each of the four leading ladies.
    — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 30 Mar. 2025
Definition of set
Noun
  • Sagittarius: Saxon Ratliff Saxton is the oldest of the Ratliff clan.
    — Lisa Stardust, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The younger members of the Katzenellenbogen clan are certain that their forefathers’ way of life is no longer viable.
    — Adam Kirsch, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of clan
Noun
  • There are two executions: one with teal elements on the continents and city ring and another with the continents and city ring in gray.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Sweeney opted not to wear her engagement ring for the photoshoot.
    — Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Definition of ring
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