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as in to end
to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point
the team closed out the season with major losses
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2
as in to exclude
to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of
don't assume an attitude that closes out any possibility of a compromise
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Recent Examples of close out
Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
Young had three interceptions in the first two games of the season before his Week 3 benching, but had only six interceptions in the 10 starts to close out the season.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 15 Jan. 2025
Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 1 Oct. 2024
Some of Nordstrom’s big closeouts have already come and gone, including Memorial Day and the Half-Yearly Sale.
—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 11 June 2024
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Verb
The 3-pointer by Vetter, who finished with 10 points, five rebounds and three assists, closed out the third quarter and turned a one-point lead for the Griffins into a more comfortable margin.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
Young had three interceptions in the first two games of the season before his Week 3 benching, but had only six interceptions in the 10 starts to close out the season.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
Unsurprisingly, these numbers pale in comparison to the Sun’s first-round closeout of Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever on ESPN last Wednesday night.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 1 Oct. 2024
Some of Nordstrom’s big closeouts have already come and gone, including Memorial Day and the Half-Yearly Sale.
—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 11 June 2024
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Jamie Coughlin Silverman, Gabriel Silverman Thirty years after the Cold War ends, a former political prisoner of the East German secret police searches for the truth after learning his brother spied on him for the regime, and discovers the lasting effects of living in a surveillance state.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2025
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Trump signed a flurry of executive actions Monday on his first day back in the White House, including ending birthright citizenship.—
AJ Willingham,
CNN,
22 Jan. 2025
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In December 2024, retail sales excluding motor vehicles and parts were up by a more modest 2.9% year on year.—
Jason Schenker,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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On Wednesday, new government inflation data showed core inflation — excluding food and energy prices — slowed in December, which helped prompt a stock market rally.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2025
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Riley shut the door to his hotel room, set the bag of delivered food on the desk and put his cell phone conversation on speaker.—
Brooks Kubena,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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The app may still work for those who already have TikTok on their phones, although ByteDance has also threatened to shut the app down.—
Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
17 Jan. 2025
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City’s second came from a long ball too, though this was much more of a clearance from Nunes after a throw-in downfield.—
Liam Tharme,
The Athletic,
15 Jan. 2025
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But Times environment reporter Alex Wigglesworth asked actual fire experts, who told her the landscape was so dry — thanks, climate change — and the winds were so bad that better brush clearance probably wouldn’t have helped much, if at all.—
Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2025
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In his first season calling plays for the Bucs, Coen helped Tampa Bay finish top-four in total yards, passing yards and rushing yards per game as the team won the NFC South and reached the playoffs with a 10-7 record.—
Ben Morse,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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Lost in that: Färjestad finished first in the SHL’s regular season last year and didn’t have room.—
Scott Wheeler,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Furthermore, the plan proposes to ban contractors and lobbyists from operating or donating to independent expenditures.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
16 Jan. 2025
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Currently, diehard hound hunters (as they’re called there) are at odds with property-rights advocates who want to ban the practice.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
16 Jan. 2025
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By Wednesday, January 22, 2025, at 5 p.m. EST—Government Heads Must: Distribute a department or agency-wide notice informing everyone that all DEI offices are closing.—
Terina Allen,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Mariposa will be closed for lunch, but open for dinner Wednesday.—
CharlotteFive staff,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Jan. 2025
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Yet, while a further decline in relations is possible, the conventional wisdom may overlook a competing, perhaps even more likely scenario: A U.S.-China grand bargain, driven by Trump’s ambition to be remembered as one of America’s great statesmen.—
David Bach,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2025
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Still, for a cake that is beautiful and tastes more special than any typical sheet cake, this is a bargain.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Close out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/close%20out. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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