How to Use closing in a Sentence

closing

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  • We met with our lawyer before the closing on our new house.
  • And owners of businesses that close before 8 p.m. can put garbage cans with lids on sidewalks up to an hour before closing.
    — Cortney O'Brien, Fox News, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The video ends with the cast taking a bow and the curtain closing, leaving viewers wanting more before the two pop back to wave and say bye to viewers.
    — Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Sunday’s closing ceremony of the Olympic Games was the perfect case in point.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2024
  • On Friday, the jury is expected to hear closing arguments.
    — Elizabeth Zavala, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Attorney Steve Owens takes the court through his closing argument Thursday.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Harmon later delivered a passionate closing argument, addressing the jury for close to two hours.
    — Dan Sullivan, Sun Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2023
  • After both sides give closing arguments on Thursday, the jury will likely make their decision later that day or on Friday.
    — Sam Metz, ajc, 29 Mar. 2023
  • And this brings me to the roars of anger that echoed through the city and beyond Sunday afternoon during the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics.
    — Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2024
  • But there were some fresh shark tales on the rodeo’s closing day.
    — Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 24 July 2023
  • The chain was accused in 2023 of closing stores in a union-busting move.
    — Savanna Smith, Sacramento Bee, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Restaurant News Get the scoop on the latest openings, closings, and where and what to eat and drink.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Which brings me to the closing ceremony of the Olympics.
    — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
  • In closing, all of you movers and shakers are in control.
    — Geneva Schlabach, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
  • With Sham in the lead in the closing stretch, Secretariat powered past to win by two and a half lengths.
    — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The main thing the closing arguments made clear was how lopsided the case was.
    — Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Opinion: At my school, the closing of the teenage mind is almost complete.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023
  • With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and dark forces from Ethan’s past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins.
    — Joey Morona, cleveland, 12 July 2023
  • The Incentive may be earned over the first five years following the closing.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The message of the closing tableau, though, should have been unmistakable.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The closing date was delayed by eight weeks after a surge in ticket sales.
    — Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Meanwhile, the stock market is surging to new records, with the S&P 500 closing at an all-time high on Friday.
    — Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
  • All Day Baby was my last Times review to run before the March 2020 closings.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2024
  • But the role is so small, and so secret, that Taylor-Joy’s name does not even appear in the film’s closing credits.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2024
  • But the fourth plant, the Bonanza Power Plant near Vernal, doesn’t have a set closing date.
    — Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 July 2023
  • Breathe just a hint of detail about a final scene, or even a closing shot, and the spoiler police will not be amused.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Chappelle provides a spoken word intro and closing bridge on the track.
    — Xander Zellner, Billboard, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Biden is in the closing months of a tough reelection campaign against Donald Trump.
    — Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 10 May 2024
  • His defense team did not bring a single witness to the stand and instead went straight to closing statements.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The median days on the market were defined as the time between the initial listing of the property and the closing date.
    — Marina Johnson, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Feb. 2024

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