closed-door
adjective
: barring public and press
a closed-door session of the investigating committee
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The issues were raised during a closed-door meeting between Nvidia executives and the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday.
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Stephen Nellis, USA Today, 2 May 2025
After a five-month closed-door trial in 2021 resulting in convictions for six journalists, Losik was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
—One Free Press Coalition, Time, 1 May 2025
What’s going on in all those closed-door meetings, anyway?
—Joelle Jay, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
But a proposal leaked from the Senate GOP’s closed-door drafting sessions on an Obamacare repeal bill may put that notion to rest: The Senate is contemplating a change in Medicaid that would cut it even more than the $830-billion proposed by the House.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
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Stephen Nellis, USA Today, 2 May 2025
After a five-month closed-door trial in 2021 resulting in convictions for six journalists, Losik was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
—One Free Press Coalition, Time, 1 May 2025
What’s going on in all those closed-door meetings, anyway?
—Joelle Jay, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
But a proposal leaked from the Senate GOP’s closed-door drafting sessions on an Obamacare repeal bill may put that notion to rest: The Senate is contemplating a change in Medicaid that would cut it even more than the $830-billion proposed by the House.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Closed-door.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/closed-door. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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