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
“It doesn’t close the door on the easing cycle, but it will be stop-start, and the timing of the next move may depend on an improvement in the inflation outlook.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
The latest survey does not give comparable figures, but Dr Ingala Smith said the organisation believed the disparity was because biological mothers find it very difficult to "close the door" on their child.
From BBC • Sep. 2, 2025
Here on the ground in Tampa, though, it hasn’t been quite so easy to close the door on Milton.
From Slate • Oct. 21, 2024
They hurried to close the door on the real Mafalda; Harry and Ron threw the Invisibility Cloak over themselves but Hermione remained in view, waiting.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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