closed shop

noun

Definition of closed shopnext
as in fold

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  1. fold
  2. network
  3. organization
  4. college
  5. clique
  6. set
  7. clan
  8. gang
Noun
  • Hilly woods or swamps with lots of folds, ditches, and creeks are best for ground hunting.
    — Colin Moore, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The Sixpack offers a bit of an outstretched hand to try to woo those buyers back to the Dodge fold.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of fold
Noun
  • Major reports about its immigration actions and pay-for-play operations have gotten significant airtime on the network and praise from Weiss.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Skydance, a small production company founded by David Ellison in 2006, has turned into a media giant that unites not only two legacy Hollywood studios but also broadcasting, streaming, and news network assets.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of network
Noun
  • One of the largest donors to a pop-up super PAC supporting Muslim or pro-Palestinian candidates is the president of an Islamic organization that collects obligatory religious donations mandated by Sharia law.
    — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The Union of Palestinian Women's Committees and Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association were both among the groups targeted, officials with the organizations said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of organization
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  • On Uncle, fish narc sheds his past experimental impulses and finds a new identity within ebullient, feel-good college rock.
    — Jeff Yerger, Pitchfork, 19 Oct. 2026
  • As an example, Blackburn pointed to a client in the 22% tax bracket with a child in college.
    — Kate Dore, CFP®, EA, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of college
Noun
  • The level of fake, clique like high school drama is horrible.
    — Stephen Korka, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026
  • That is in part thanks to the opacity of AI technology but also because this clique is much smaller.
    — Seva Gunitsky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of clique
Noun
  • Creality hasn't eliminated the compromises of multi-color printing so much as exchanged one set for another.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Djrum himself might even approve of taking in the mix from a horizontal position; his set is designed more for the dreamer than for the raver.
    — Ben Cardew, Pitchfork, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of set
Noun
  • The Worth clan, especially the demure yet hungry-eyed adult daughter Penny, played by Gail Russell, nurses Quirt back to health after his opening-credits shootout with the Laredo gang — of which Quirt’s a member, looking to get out.
    — Michael Phillips, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The streamer and Shondaland announced Thursday that an untitled spinoff about the early life of the future matriarch of the Bridgerton clan is in the works.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of clan
Noun
  • And while Haiti has committed to a handover protocol for child gang members, getting the public to accept reintegration of anyone with gang associations is likely to be challenging.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The changes, which eliminated a requirement from Haiti’s central bank that’s considered a safeguard against individual under sanctions, have raised concerns that people accused of corruption or supporting armed gangs could be elected to office.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of gang
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