closed season
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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From 2020 to 2024, there were no prosecutions at courts for the offence "burning whins in closed season", but the setting of gorse fires more generally can be prosecuted as arson.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2025
The Golden Knights closed season 6-3-2, with the regulation losses coming against non-playoff teams: Arizona, Edmonton and Calgary.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 9, 2018
Their lavish spending in this closed season market, unparalleled to date among those expected to contend for the Premier League, is recognition of domestic inadequacy last time around.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2012
He closed season for salmon fishing to protect the "old salmon," that is, the spawners.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2011
There's no closed season on heiresses, and, naturally, a bird that can't stick its head up without getting shot at becomes a pretty wary old fowl.
From Old Gorgon Graham More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son by Lorimer, George Horace
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