CORDONING (OFF) Synonyms: 24 Similar Words

cordoning (off)

verb

present participle of cordon (off)

as in closing in

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The more than $400-million high-rise with shops and restaurants at street level is set to rise on La Brea Avenue on the site of a former concrete plant that served Los Angeles for more than a century before closing in 2024.

— Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
When McMillan & Wife, created by Leonard Stern, bowed in September 1971, Saint James had just turned 25 while Hudson was closing in on 46.

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026

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