open-and-shut
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For years, the demise of the American mall felt like an open-and-shut case.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
And it’s difficult to envision four members of the current court agreeing to do so given the open-and-shut failure of Davis’ main argument.
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2025
It is not an open-and-shut case at all.
From Salon ● May 15, 2024
Sounds like an open-and-shut case, but German director Ilker Çatak argues that the rules of integrity are as flimsy as the rules of surviving a horror flick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
But when it comes to cause and effect, there is often a trap in such open-and-shut thinking.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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