- present participle of close.
closing
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The S&P 500 has climbed 11.4% this year through Friday, ending 2.5% below its record closing high booked Oct.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
But the window of entrepreneurial opportunity was closing, even as Casey and his partners sought to expand to California.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The full force of the deal will not take effect until both parties have complied with its closing conditions, which the agreement indicates could happen within months.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
"Unless we get some real progress in a funding settlement, the trend of smaller homes closing will be a trend that will continue."
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
The walls of her office, a deep shade of burgundy and filled with old cast pictures from the theater’s glory days, felt like they were closing in around her.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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A combined Taylor Morrison and Clayton Homes would be the fourth-largest home builder in the U.S. based on the number of closings.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Comparable sales, which account for store openings and closings, grew 1.7% in the second quarter, topping the 0.9% increase that analysts polled by FactSet expected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Priorities for Brown: halting further job losses and plant closings at the companies and preserving benefits, particularly fully paid health insurance coverage for union workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Americans growing up in the 21st century might be puzzled by his words, because the idea of widespread Sunday business closings has, with notable exceptions, been disappearing for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Show him that the school closings were nothing to worry about.
From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez
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Lessons 2–3
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Century 21 Accounting, 9e, Chapters 8-10
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