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closing off

NOUN
  1. the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others

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  • I have been arguing that such openness is in fact sound, and that closing off this possibility in our minds (and in our conversations) cannot be sound, especially given how much scientists have yet to learn about the genetic basis of intelligence. The Volokh Conspiracy » Some Scientists’ Openness to the Possibility of Genetic Differences in Mental Traits Among Racial and Ethnic Groups
  • This means not closing off potential avenues of progress simply because we can imagine how they might lead society astray.
  • Ecological rehabilitation, somewhat different than the traditional closing off the afforested hills, is an essential way for soil ...
  • Tubal ligation involves closing off the fallopian tubes in a woman so that eggs cannot reach the uterus.
  • These could be identified as chancel piers, the vertical elements that held the plates closing off the chancel or bema, i.e. the area around the altar at the eastern end of a church. Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Survey Report 9
  • From that perspective, it isn't cruel to stop reassuring her; in fact, closing off this path to false reassurance is one small way you can nudge her back toward a more productive path. Carolyn Hax: Husband strayed, and wife keeps questioning other woman
  • Stinting on infrastructural allocations may leave potholes for three years, but stinting on higher education means closing off access for three years and losing a generation.
  • Roads along the coastline in north and north-east Trinidad began to rapidly erode because of heavy rainfall, sometimes closing off residents' access to the rest of the country.
  • Anomalies such as undersized genitalia, long or short arms or legs due to "glitches" causing early or late closing off of bone ends, pectus carinatum etc. The Smell of a Million Melted Computers
  • You know, your local law enforcement agencies can work on closing off the exits and on-ramps and reversing flows on roads.
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