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close the door on



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The latest agreement does not close the door on AI, but it does introduce new protections.

From Barron's • May 30, 2026

“We wanted to focus on that very recent, very tangible and particularly gross injustice, which doesn’t close the door on revisiting other commutations in prior eras and in prior administrations,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025

Here on the ground in Tampa, though, it hasn’t been quite so easy to close the door on Milton.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2024

"Missing people are somebody's loved ones, they're somebody's family, and we don't close the door on that."

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2024

The way I looked at it, it was my time to close the door on this chapter of my life, and start a new page.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad




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