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closer

1 American  
[kloh-zer] / ˈkloʊ zər /

noun

  1. a person or thing that closes.

    a door with a mechanical closer.

  2. a person or thing that concludes.

    The piece would be a great closer for a concert.

  3. Baseball. a relief pitcher brought in toward the end of the game to hold the team’s lead.

  4. a person who brings something, especially a business deal, to a successful conclusion.

    a car salesman known as one of the best closers.

  5. Also called closure.  Masonry. any of various specially formed or cut bricks for spacing or filling gaps between regular bricks or courses of regular brickwork.

closer 2 American  
[kloh-ser] / ˈkloʊ sər /

adjective

  1. comparative of close.

Etymology

Origin of closer

First recorded in 1600–1620; close, -er 1

Example Sentences

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The results also suggest that some COMs may have formed closer to Jupiter itself.

From Science Daily

"By including that information, we expect to get better cosmological results and be closer to resolving the Hubble tension."

From Science Daily

He added that friends who live closer to the US air force base were nervous.

From BBC

Researchers at Adelaide University are taking a closer look at the pill versions of popular weight loss medications.

From Science Daily

Scott struggled to find his footing, primarily as a closer, before a left elbow injury placed him on injured list in mid-July, causing him to miss a month of action.

From Los Angeles Times

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