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Recent Examples of closed-door
After Trump's closed-door meeting with Zelenskyy, the two presidents walked to a different part of the White House where seven other European leaders were waiting.
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Kyler Alvord, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Court filings for a case seeking the removal of three Keller school board trustees under the same Local Government Code statute put Davis at the center of closed-door discussions last year on the legal process for splitting the district.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Aug. 2025
November 12, 2024 In a reversal, the Biden administration tells environmental groups in a closed-door meeting that the U.S. will no longer back production caps as part of the plastics treaty.
—Joseph Winters, Wired News, 16 Aug. 2025
In a press conference after the closed-door talk, Trump appeared to publicly reject U.S. intelligence community findings of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and to accept Putin's denial of the interference.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
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Kyler Alvord, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Court filings for a case seeking the removal of three Keller school board trustees under the same Local Government Code statute put Davis at the center of closed-door discussions last year on the legal process for splitting the district.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Aug. 2025
November 12, 2024 In a reversal, the Biden administration tells environmental groups in a closed-door meeting that the U.S. will no longer back production caps as part of the plastics treaty.
—Joseph Winters, Wired News, 16 Aug. 2025
In a press conference after the closed-door talk, Trump appeared to publicly reject U.S. intelligence community findings of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and to accept Putin's denial of the interference.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for closed-door
Adjective
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The paper reported that Williamson and Wilkins never met, had one off-the-record phone call, and exchanged emails during the course of Williamson’s reporting.—
Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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But through time, trust and many off-the-record conversations, those six people helped create a foundation that would eventually lead them to the CEOs.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Polk estimates that the majority of gamblers who don’t have other sources of income, such as sponsorships or social media channels, will either fail to turn a profit under the new rules or begin playing in more off-the-books games.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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In 1985, Marty McFly (played by Lucas Hallauer) is a skateboarding high schooler who is accidentally sent back to 1955 in a time machine — ensconced in a DeLorean sports car — by nutty off-the-books scientist Doc Brown (David Josefsberg).—
Rod Stafford Hagwood,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The role of the two CIA agents who were returning from destroying a clandestine drug lab in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua remains unclear.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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The role of the two CIA agents, who were returning from destroying a clandestine drug lab in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, remains unclear.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
25 Apr. 2026
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At the center of the potential outreach is Vice President JD Vance, who is being considered for a return trip to Islamabad, where back-channel negotiations have quietly taken place.—
Sara Cook,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Epstein, the records show, tried to initiate a back-channel meeting between the Saudi crown prince and Qatar’s ex-prime minister.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Closed-door.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closed-door. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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