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closemouthed

[klohs-mouthd, -moutht] / ˈkloʊsˈmaʊðd, -ˈmaʊθt /


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The Nationals named Mr. Lerner’s son, Mark, managing principal owner in 2018, but the elder Mr. Lerner remained the unquestioned, if closemouthed, patriarch in control of the team’s purse strings.

From Washington Post Feb. 13, 2023

Scott, famously closemouthed about her philanthropy choices, has not explained why she singled out those affiliates or landed on Communities In Schools for her largesse, said the nonprofit’s Washington director, Erin McCallum.

From Seattle Times Feb. 22, 2022

Perhaps that seems right for a first-person narrative, but Stamm remains just as closemouthed across all his work.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 16, 2021

The reclusive and litigious developer Sheldon Solow, for example, has been party to hundreds of lawsuits, while the closemouthed heirs of Sol Goldman’s estate rarely sell any of their vast holdings.

From New York Times Apr. 8, 2016

The closemouthed Scottish scientist never mentioned the incident.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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