the loop

noun

: a group of people who know about or have influence or control over something
She wants to stay in the loop as these changes are being considered.
He claims that he was kept out of the loop when the decision to sell the company was being made.

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Closing the loop Workers erect scaffolding at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, June 12, 2026. Alex Harring, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026 Each data point feeds back into the road map, closing the loop from customer quote to feature to impact. Aj Bubb, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 With no immediate takers on a documentary pitch her team put together, Rice has mulled booking a one-way ticket to Dubai and showing up at the last hotel McDonnell was known to be living at to close the loop on the story herself. Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026 The new shuttle coaster starts with a forward launch through the single loop and up the far spike before racing backward down the spike and through the loop again in the opposite direction. Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the loop

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“The loop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20loop. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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