Definition of closed-door in US English:
closed-door
adjectiveˌklōz(d)ˈdôrˌkloʊz(d)ˈdɔrˌkloʊz(d)ˈdɔr
Restricted; obstructive; secret.
the senior staff went into closed-door sessions
Example sentencesExamples
- There was a closed-door session for about an hour, and then one of the jurors was late for court.
- And you can imagine that he will be facing some incredibly intense questions at that closed-door hearing next week.
- It was a closed-door deal - done without competing bids and without congressional hearings or a vote.
- Marathon closed-door meetings of key activists from around the world hammered out detailed plans for action over the coming months.
- After a closed-door debate, the Security Council voted to approve his panel.
- Not much concrete came out of the closed-door conclave, except a flurry of articles and promises by both sides to continue talking.
- Well, the second week of defense testimony began much like last week did, in closed-door evidentiary hearings.
- Are these closed-door procedures justified by legitimate security needs?
- The photos are thought to be the same ones which left members of Congress ashen-faced when showed in a closed-door session last summer.
- At a closed-door session later, however, he said the pair were corrupt.
- The two-hour, closed-door session did not appear to produce much.
- The morning session will be open to the public but the afternoon session will be a closed-door meeting as some of the discussion may concern national security.
- Both the parliament and the government have openly demanded a secret, closed-door trial to ban a political party.
- They excluded all but two of the Democrats from closed-door negotiating sessions on the final form of the legislation.
- It all started after Democratic leaders triggered a closed-door session.
Definition of closed-door in US English:
closed-door
adjectiveˌklōz(d)ˈdôrˌkloʊz(d)ˈdɔr
Restricted; obstructive; secret.
the senior staff went into closed-door sessions
Example sentencesExamples
- The photos are thought to be the same ones which left members of Congress ashen-faced when showed in a closed-door session last summer.
- After a closed-door debate, the Security Council voted to approve his panel.
- Well, the second week of defense testimony began much like last week did, in closed-door evidentiary hearings.
- It all started after Democratic leaders triggered a closed-door session.
- There was a closed-door session for about an hour, and then one of the jurors was late for court.
- Both the parliament and the government have openly demanded a secret, closed-door trial to ban a political party.
- Are these closed-door procedures justified by legitimate security needs?
- Not much concrete came out of the closed-door conclave, except a flurry of articles and promises by both sides to continue talking.
- Marathon closed-door meetings of key activists from around the world hammered out detailed plans for action over the coming months.
- The two-hour, closed-door session did not appear to produce much.
- They excluded all but two of the Democrats from closed-door negotiating sessions on the final form of the legislation.
- And you can imagine that he will be facing some incredibly intense questions at that closed-door hearing next week.
- The morning session will be open to the public but the afternoon session will be a closed-door meeting as some of the discussion may concern national security.
- It was a closed-door deal - done without competing bids and without congressional hearings or a vote.
- At a closed-door session later, however, he said the pair were corrupt.