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The phrase "are generally closed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a common state or condition of something, indicating that it is typically not open.
Example: "The gates to the park are generally closed after sunset to ensure safety."
Alternatives: "are usually shut" or "tend to be closed".
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Unlike court trials, arbitration hearings are generally closed proceedings.
It followed Friday Prayers, when shops are generally closed, and did not cause any apparent damage to nearby buildings.
Mondays are generally closed off (note all the black squares around the edges), which tends to lead to smoother fill.
In much of the Muslim world, diplomatic facilities are generally closed on Friday and Saturday, but open on Sunday.
Such internal defects are generally closed up using hot metal forming processes, such as hot forging or hot rolling.
But most, including the baroque synagogues in Carmagnola and other towns in Italy's Piedmont region, are generally closed to public access, little known or out of use.
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While the instant-message systems are generally closed to one another, a small New York company, Odigo, has been figuring out a way around this.
While intergenic spacers were mostly closed or neutral, actively expressed genes were predominantly open and silent genes were generally closed across the genome.
Such conferences were generally closed door — that is, attended only by physicians.
The market's meat businesses were generally closed when the fire struck, and no civilians were hurt.
The kind of computer programming job he wants is generally closed to Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, he said.
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