close the books
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The software also automatically captures spending data across cards to help close the books faster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
It is scheduled to close the books and price the offering on Sept. 13.
From Reuters ● Sep. 7, 2023
Pennsylvania state police were able to close the books on the 58 year old cold case of a 9-year-old girl named Marise Chiverella using DNA evidence pulled from her jacket.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2022
With the reopening of Highway 1 at Mud Creek, Caltrans can close the books on damage inflicted upon this road by the winter storms of 2017.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2018
I wipe away the sticky circled residue left by half-drunk glasses, and I close the books splayed open with broken spines and tuck them back on the shelf.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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