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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a close then" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English
It may be intended to refer to a conclusion or a final point in a discussion, but it lacks clarity and context. Example: "After reviewing all the evidence, we can reach a close then on this matter."
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As the exhibition drew to a close, then, the museum no longer told us that Gertrude's apartment is "sunny".
At the time, federal climate-change legislation seemed almost inevitable — if not during the Bush Administration, which was coming to a close, then certainly during the next one — as did action at the state level.
As the year draws to a close, then, it's worth taking a look back at some of my weekly tech-review columns to see how their subjects have withstood the very brief test of time.
As their final season in exile was drawing to a close, then Crawley Town manager Steve Evans was recruited as boss.
Hahn's encores project may be coming to a close, then, but the experience seems only to have furnished the violinist's determination to keep pushing contemporary classical music's boundaries.
HP: What's stopping us from bringing this story to a close then?
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Over the past two weeks, first as a closer then as a spot starter, Cousins has proved to be a top-notch reliever.
Three-point bending damage to the beam sample can be healed even at a constrained boundary condition upon local heating, undergoing a close-then-heal procedure.
To find the right guy to like you have to actually get to know them on a closer-then-friends level.
But on 6, McIlroy clips an approach close, then knocks in a ten-foot birdie putt.
Scoop waste into a zip bag, zip close, then put into a small trash can with a lid.
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