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closing out

VERB
terminate business operations
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They are set to vote on it Tuesday before closing out their current legislative session.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

In covering, or closing out, short positions, traders buy the shares they had been betting might decline.

From MarketWatch Apr. 9, 2026

The major indexes fell sharply Friday, closing out a fifth consecutive week of declines.

From Barron's Mar. 27, 2026

After closing out that Six Nations campaign with wins over Italy and Wales, England, without 14 British and Irish Lions, impressed by beating Argentina twice on a two-Test tour.

From BBC Feb. 14, 2026

The listening buildings, rising upward yet, leaned, closing out the sky.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin



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