close the door on
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The latest agreement does not close the door on AI, but it does introduce new protections.
From Barron's ● May 30, 2026
“We wanted to focus on that very recent, very tangible and particularly gross injustice, which doesn’t close the door on revisiting other commutations in prior eras and in prior administrations,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2025
Felix, which could be decided any day, may close the door on the postmortem reckoning, leaving the Constitution as a distant echo.
From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2025
"Missing people are somebody's loved ones, they're somebody's family, and we don't close the door on that."
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2024
“Wait,” I say, before she can close the door on me.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
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