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closed season

American  

noun

  1. a period, usually for a specific part of the year, during which angling or hunting for a given species is legally prohibited.

    closed season on ducks.


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The team now plan to further investigate reasons for consistent reductions in cold season precipitation in warmer winters.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2024

Go into cold season and change the menu, be creative with the team.

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2023

The cold season is prime time for black trumpet and candy cap mushrooms in California.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2023

President Joe Biden, and that a planned vaccination campaign in the region during the cold season was key to fighting it.

From Reuters • Sep. 20, 2022

The tree was not only stripped by the cold season, it seemed weary from age, enfeebled, dry.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

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