closed circle

Example Sentences

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And yet, whether socialite spy or glasses-wearing econometrician, both were drawn from the Ivy League and a handful of other acceptable schools, thereby maintaining a largely closed circle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

Even the snobbiest TV snoots can’t resist Alan Cumming as the playfully sadistic laird of Ardross Castle, emceeing what is essentially a closed circle murder mystery.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026

"I don't see it as much of an issue because, again, they all believed that this was a closed circle of conversation."

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2025

“You’re simply in a closed circle which is not filled with the happy times of before, but with great fear. Fear of the unknown, fear of dying here and now.”

From Washington Times • Apr. 12, 2023

But to return from this digression, a background fading into nothingness, either as rest or as a closed circle of automatic movements, is the first condition of the ecstasy of mental production.

From The Psychology of Beauty by Howes, Ethel Dench Puffer