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noun

ecology a plant community that does not allow for further colonization, all the available niches being occupied

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Words nearby closed community

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How to use closed community in a sentence

We have thousands of users who identify themselves as transgendered and they are welcome members of the Grindr community.
Grindr’s Trans Dating Problem|David Levesley|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Some gay apps, like the newer Mister, have not subscribed to the community/tribe model.
Grindr’s Trans Dating Problem|David Levesley|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
What matters is being honest, humble, and a faithful and loyal friend, father and member of your community.
Abramoff’s Advice for Virginia’s New Jailhouse Guv|Tim Mak, Jackie Kucinich|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He closed his eyes, imagining the virgins, imagining away the pain in his head and groin.
Powerful Congressman Writes About ‘Fleshy Breasts’|Asawin Suebsaeng|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

The need for increased community policing is more urgent than ever before.
How to Solve the Policing Crisis|Keli Goff|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But hitherto, before these new ideas began to spread in our community, the mass of men and women definitely settled down.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
I doubt if the modern community can afford to continue it; it certainly cannot afford to extend it very widely.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
And now I can recall that his eyes closed, and from his lips I caught a sigh, and then he rolled to the floor.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
And could it not be extended from its present limited range until it reached practically the whole adolescent community?
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The next instant the door closed softly behind them, and she went out of his life as a wife forever.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux