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synonyms for close
- solid
- tight
- circumscribed
- compact
- confined
- confining
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- consolidated
- cropped
- crowded
- firm
- narrow
- packed
- restricted
- short
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- impenetrable
- impermeable
- jam-packed
- substantial
- dear
- devoted
- familiar
- related
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- loving
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- buddy-buddy
- chummy
- confidential
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- inseparable
- kissing cousins
- making it with
- on top of each other
- palsy-walsy
- thick as thieves
- thick with
- tight
- choky
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- stale
- stifling
- suffocating
- sweltering
- thick
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- breathless
- fusty
- moldy
- motionless
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- stagnant
- stale-smelling
- sticky
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- sultry
- sweltry
- uncomfortable
- unventilated
- hidden
- private
- retired
- secluded
- buttoning one's lip
- buttoned-up
- clamming up
- close-lipped
- closemouthed
- hush-hush
- mum's the word
- reticent
- secretive
- silent
- taciturn
- tight chops
- tight-lipped
- uncommunicative
- unforthcoming
- zipping one's lips
- tight
- mean
- narrow
- penny-pinching
- skinflint
- chintzy
- closefisted
- illiberal
- mingy
- miserly
- parsimonious
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- tight-fisted
- ungenerous
- conclusion
- adjournment
- cease
- cessation
- completion
- culmination
- denouement
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- finale
- finish
- period
- stop
- termination
- wind-up
- desistance
- block
- shut
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- bang
- bar
- bolt
- button
- caulk
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- clog
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- cork
- dam
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- fasten
- fill
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- occlude
- plug
- screen
- secure
- slam
- stopper
- stuff
- prevent passage
- put to
- retard flow
- shut off
- stop up
- turn off
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- do
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- halt
- shutter
- cap
- cease
- clear
- clinch
- consummate
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- determine
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- fold
- terminate
- ultimate
- button down
- button up
- call it a day
- call off
- cut loose
- drop the curtain
- fold up
- pack it in
- put a lid on
- put to bed
- sew up
- shut down
- wind down
- wind up
- wrap up
- agree
- meet
- bind
- chain
- coalesce
- connect
- couple
- encounter
- fuse
- grapple
- inclose
- tie
- come together
- put together
- tie up
- open
- allow
- free
- let go
- liberate
- loose
- loosen
- permit
- release
- unblock
- unclog
- unfasten
- unlock
- unclose
- unplug
- unseal
- unstop
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Those close to him believe he would be fine with having a vote on another package before they leave town, even if it’s smaller than the plan Pelosi wants.
TRUMP MOVES CLOSER TO PELOSI IN ECONOMIC AID TALKS, AND HOUSE SPEAKER MUST DECIDE NEXT MOVERACHAEL BADE, ERICA WERNERSEPTEMBER 17, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThe Bedminster club temporarily closed down operations on March 17, after Murphy imposed new restrictions on businesses and social gatherings because of the pandemic.
TRUMP’S BUSINESSES CHARGED SECRET SERVICE MORE THAN $1.1 MILLION, INCLUDING FOR ROOMS IN CLUB SHUTTERED FOR PANDEMICDAVID FAHRENTHOLD, JOSH DAWSEYSEPTEMBER 17, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThe results were closer among Republicans, 41 percent of whom said the theory didn’t hurt the country and 50 percent of whom said it did.
TRUMP CONTRADICTS CDC DIRECTOR ON VACCINE; BIDEN SAYS AMERICANS SHOULDN’T TRUST TRUMPCOLBY ITKOWITZ, FELICIA SONMEZ, JOHN WAGNERSEPTEMBER 16, 2020WASHINGTON POSTIf I didn’t close it, I think you’d have 2 million deaths instead of having the 185,000 — 190,000.
THE PROBLEM WITH TRUMP’S ‘HERD MENTALITY’ LINE ISN’T THE VERBAL FLUB. IT’S THE MASS DEATH.PHILIP BUMPSEPTEMBER 16, 2020WASHINGTON POSTAlong with the entire automaker sector, Honda’s business felt the hit from the coronavirus crisis early on as global lockdowns caused factories to close and kept consumers away from dealerships.
‘A CREDIBLE VOICE’: WHY HONDA IS DOUBLING DOWN ON ESPORTSLARA O'REILLYSEPTEMBER 16, 2020DIGIDAYI think what I did by closing up the country, I think I saved two, maybe two and a half, maybe more than that, lives.
TRUMP, IN TOWN HALL, SAYS HE WOULDN’T HAVE DONE ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY ON PANDEMICCOLBY ITKOWITZ, JOSH DAWSEY, FELICIA SONMEZ, JOHN WAGNERSEPTEMBER 16, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThe military budget had declined in recent years, as a result of decreases in funding for Overseas Contingency Operations as both the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan came to a close, not because it has been so gravely depleted.
TRUMP’S ABC NEWS TOWN HALL: FOUR PINOCCHIOS, OVER AND OVER AGAINGLENN KESSLERSEPTEMBER 16, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThis would have the effect of closing down the plants, the trade group warned, because they were already short-staffed and testing could cause fear among the remaining workers.
EMAILS SHOW THE MEATPACKING INDUSTRY DRAFTED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO KEEP PLANTS OPENBY MICHAEL GRABELL AND BERNICE YEUNGSEPTEMBER 14, 2020PROPUBLICAUnless things change in the fall, Patel figures he might have to close by December.
THE BIG CORPORATE RESCUE AND THE AMERICA THAT’S TOO SMALL TO SAVEBY LYDIA DEPILLIS, JUSTIN ELLIOTT AND PAUL KIELSEPTEMBER 12, 2020PROPUBLICASections of many major highways in the Northwest have been closed by fire at some point in the past week.
OUR CLIMATE-CHANGE FUTURE IS HEREHEATHER HANSMANSEPTEMBER 11, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEWORDS RELATED TO CLOSE
- authentic
- careful
- close
- concrete
- correct
- defined
- definite
- deft
- detailed
- discriminating
- discriminative
- distinct
- exact
- explicit
- factual
- faithful
- genuine
- judicious
- just
- literal
- matter-of-fact
- methodical
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- on the button
- on the money
- on the nose
- particular
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- solid
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- true
- ultraprecise
- unerring
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- veracious
- accomplish
- acquire
- actualize
- attain
- bring about
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- cap
- carry out
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- close
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- conclude
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- deliver
- discharge
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- earn
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- get done
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- rack up
- reach
- realize
- resolve
- score
- seal
- see through
- settle
- sign
- solve
- win
- wind up
- work out
- Band-Aid
- acknowledgment
- antiphon
- back talk
- backcap
- close
- comeback
- comment
- cooler
- counterclaim
- crack
- defense
- disclosure
- echo
- elucidation
- explanation
- feedback
- guff
- interpretation
- justification
- key
- lip
- observation
- parting shot
- pay dirt
- plea
- quick fix
- rebuttal
- refutation
- rejoinder
- remark
- repartee
- report
- resolution
- response
- result
- retort
- return
- rhetorical question
- riposte
- sign
- solution
- statement
- thank-you note
- the ticket
- topper
- vindication
- wisecrack
- Band-aids
- acknowledgments
- antiphons
- back talks
- backcaps
- closes
- comebacks
- comments
- coolers
- counterclaims
- cracks
- defenses
- disclosures
- echoes
- elucidations
- explanations
- feedbacks
- guffs
- interpretations
- justifications
- keys
- lips
- observations
- parting shots
- pay dirts
- pleas
- quick fixes
- rebuttals
- refutations
- rejoinders
- remarks
- repartees
- reports
- resolutions
- responses
- results
- retorts
- returns
- rhetorical questions
- ripostes
- signs
- solutions
- statements
- thank-you notes
- the tickets
- toppers
- vindication
- wisecracks
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