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• n  approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap
• n  a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
• n  a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric
• n  something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
  he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure
• n  an obstruction in a pipe or tube
• n  the act of blocking
• n  termination of operations
  they regretted the closure of the day care center
• v  terminate debate by calling for a vote
  debate was closured

• closing
• cloture
• gag rule
• gag law
• law of closure
• settlement
• resolution
• blockage
• block
• occlusion
• stop
• stoppage
• closedown
• shutdown

News & Articles

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• Village Park closure, elementary redistricting surface during public comment at Pennsbury School Board meeting
  PENNSBURY -- The closure of Village Park Elementary School and redistricting surfaced again Thursday night, June 6 even though the school board voted in May to close the school and proceed with redistricting.
  June 15, 2013 - Yardley News
• Royal Gorge Bridge closure will leave a chasm for Cañon City tourism
  The closure of the Royal Gorge Bridge and Park this week due to extensive fire damage is expected to take a heavy, but not insurmountable, toll on tourism in the region.
  June 15, 2013 - Denver Post
• I-20 lane closure near Roscoe delayed until June 27, TxDOT says
  Interstate closure moved back to the end of the month.
  June 15, 2013 - Abilene Reporter-News

Quotes

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• Tom Daschle in International Herald Tribune
  Former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota, said: "I think the FBI owes us a complete accounting of their investigation and ought to be able to tell us at some point, how we're going to bring this to closure."
• Serena Williams in Toronto Star
  I am thankful that we now have closure on the incident and we can all move forward,Williams said in a statement released Monday."
• Rick Wagoner in Independent
  The third quarter was especially challenging for the auto industry,Mr Wagoner said. "Consumer spending, which represents close to 70 per cent of the US economy, fell dramatically, and the abrupt closure of credit markets created a downward...