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closure

[kloh-zher] / ˈkloʊ ʒər /




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While it did not provide a reason for its closure on social media, city records show its closure is clearing the way for a private members club with wellness amenities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

The conductor discusses steering the National Symphony Orchestra through the tumult at the Kennedy Center, the closure of which left the group in need of new places to play.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Drivers on Skye are facing a 40-mile diversion after a landslide led to a road closure.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The 49th Kennedy Center Honors gala will go on despite the recent closure of the Kennedy Center, with the event moving to the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 7.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

I argued for closure but went along with the majority.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

For car dealers, too, the expansion of Chinese brands is a boon after a slow postpandemic recovery and showroom closures by Ford and Stellantis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

He described the closures as chiefly a security precaution ahead of large-scale protests that the leaders of the movement have called for Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said drone activity and air strikes were putting civilians, vital infrastructure and aid operations at risk, while insecurity and road closures were restricting humanitarian movements.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

The pandemic intensified the rate of those closures.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

She stanched the bleeding with wadded paper towels, then pulled out alcohol wipes and a pack of butterfly closures.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi

Theatres are facing lower sales from the cost-of-living crisis only a year after most re-opened following closured prompted by Covid lockdowns.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2022

The qualifying adjective 'good' is dangerous, and before the time for the bill was half expired, Bozzy has closured it and the amendment.

From James Boswell Famous Scots Series by W. Keith (William Keith) Leask

Bad enough to have Members working off at public meetings speeches that had been closured in Commons.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 8, 1893 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand

"I've never met him," he answered, and closured my next question by jumping up and helping Mrs. Wylton out of the taxi.

From The Sixth Sense A Novel by Stephen McKenna

After another fight, the Government closured through an Appropriation Bill covering Supply for ten weeks, and the House was dissolved on 31st August, the election being fixed for 2nd October.

From Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information by Queensland




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