closed shops

noun

plural of closed shop
as in galères

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  1. folds
  2. organizations
  3. networks
  4. communities
  5. colleges
  6. cliques
  7. clans
  8. rings
Noun
  • The fabric folds inward, sinks toward the earth and spreads across the grass.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Hodges reprises Orazio’s chiaroscuro — the interplay of light and shade — in the sculptural folds of the drapery to equally foreboding effect.
    — Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of folds
Noun
  • The result has been delayed or missed legal filings and fewer cases taken, according to the organizations.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Subsidizing these slots would allow smaller institutions, such as academia and nonprofit organizations, to avoid competing on the open market against large companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin that launch satellites regularly.
    — Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of organizations
Noun
  • The Sun enters your 11th House, beginning a month focused on friends, communities, collaborations, networks, and your longer-term hopes.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 23 Oct. 2026
  • An analysis published by NYU’s Journal of Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law examines how younger consumers embrace dupe culture and share affordable alternatives openly with their networks.
    — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of networks
Noun
  • The Sun enters your 11th House, beginning a month focused on friends, communities, collaborations, networks, and your longer-term hopes.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Seventy-one percent also doubt that his village cooperatives policy—which plans to establish hubs in roughly 80,000 communities to handle basic-goods distribution, savings, and other rural services—would succeed.
    — Jay Ganglani, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of communities
Noun
  • The Cornell and University of Chicago cases emerged just as colleges released their annual Clery Act security reports at the start of October.
    — Michele Decker, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026
  • In the last two years, dozens of colleges and universities have rolled back or eliminated such offerings to avoid accusations of racial discrimination that have led to loss of research funding and other sanctions.
    — Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of colleges
Noun
  • So the players will get a day off to cool down but have to spend the night at the pub quiz in teams of Ted’s choosing, never mind the cliques.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Amid the crushes, cliques, and teenage angst, two sisters set out to define themselves on their own terms.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of cliques
Noun
  • Ali Mahmoud Ali, the group's Sudan analyst, said that the latest clashes risk bringing in more Nuba clans into the fight and could increase divisions across South Kordofan, where communities are facing an already dire humanitarian situation.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
  • All Palestinian clans and families in Gaza would also be a target for disarmament, which would have an impact on the future of Hamas and Palestinian armed struggle.
    — Mkhaimar Abusada, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of clans
Noun
  • The light fixtures, furniture, carpet, utensils and even the napkin rings all matched.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The assistant coaches were handed boxes without rings inside, though they are expected to receive rings later on.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of rings
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