- present participle of close.
closing
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Viatris will pay $36.50 a share for Pacira, representing a roughly 45% premium to Pacira’s Wednesday closing price.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
After three years, the one-of-a-kind party is in danger of closing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Following discussions with the Israeli government, he said, the building "will not be closing" and will be known as the UK Mission, Jerusalem from Thursday.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
At closing time, the bartender doesn’t ask who ordered.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
His throat was closing up with shame and sadness about what had happened with his mom, indistinguishable from the shame and sadness about what he’d done to Toby.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
A combined Taylor Morrison and Clayton Homes would be the fourth-largest home builder in the U.S. based on the number of closings.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Comparable sales, which account for store openings and closings, grew 1.7% in the second quarter, topping the 0.9% increase that analysts polled by FactSet expected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Priorities for Brown: halting further job losses and plant closings at the companies and preserving benefits, particularly fully paid health insurance coverage for union workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Americans growing up in the 21st century might be puzzled by his words, because the idea of widespread Sunday business closings has, with notable exceptions, been disappearing for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Show him that the school closings were nothing to worry about.
From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez
Vocabulary lists containing closing
Lessons 2–3
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Century 21 Accounting, 9e, Chapters 8-10
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