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lid

noun as in top covering

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The 23-year-old and two friends convened for a routine video call in November and agreed to make gifts for one another to keep a lid on spending.

Companies have responded by trying to keep a lid on costs and by cutting back on the number of people they hire.

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Correlations between global rates and U.S. are still quite strong, so falling U.S. yields will help to keep a lid on term borrowing rates elsewhere, they say.

And instead of wrestling with a heavy lid, the brand’s Air Lift™ Hinge makes opening and closing it nearly effortless.

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Jones Plastic, which makes products such as the glass-and-plastic top lid of washing machines and is a longtime supplier of GE Appliances, plans to hire staff and buy more injection-molding machines and material-handling equipment.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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