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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a closed shop" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a workplace or organization where only members of a particular union or group are allowed to work, often implying exclusivity.
Example: "The company operates as a closed shop, meaning only union members can be hired for positions."
Alternatives: "exclusive membership" or "union-only workplace".
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Is this because they are exceptionally talented and hard to replace or because they operate a closed shop?
Howard describing the state division as being close to a "closed shop".
But it is not a closed shop.
"It was a closed shop.
He goes on: "It's a closed shop.
"No, upper class is a closed shop.
I don't think the Greek economy is a closed shop.
Germany's apprenticeship system still creates, in effect, a closed shop.
However, it has always been something of a closed shop.
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Closed shop No, says Kealey because science, however it is funded, is always a closed shop.
The old emphasis on virtuosity covered a multitude of sins: elitism, a closed-shop mentality, resistance to change.
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