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closemouthed

[klohs-mauthd, -mautht] / ˈkloʊsˈmaʊðd, -ˈmaʊθt /


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Hutton’s gaptoothed smile replaced the closemouthed gaze and white eyeliner of Vogue models of the 1960s.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 24, 2021

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

ICE, famously closemouthed, has offered no details of what investigation it will do.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2018

Her testimony under oath also spoke to the secrecy of the program, in which she said Salazar demanded that athletes remain closemouthed about all things related to the Oregon Project.

From New York Times ● May 19, 2017

The closemouthed Scottish scientist never mentioned the incident.

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




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