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cloture

[ kloh-cher ]

noun

  1. a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question.


verb (used with or without object)

clotured, cloturing.
  1. to close (a debate) by cloture.

cloture

/ 藞办濒蓹蕣迟蕛蓹 /

noun

  1. closure in the US Senate
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to end (debate) in the US Senate by cloture
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cloture

  1. A vote of a legislature used to stop debate on an issue and put the issue to a vote. ( See filibuster .)
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of cloture1

1870鈥75; < French 肠濒么迟耻谤别, Middle French closture < Vulgar Latin *肠濒艒蝉迟奴谤补, alteration of Latin cl艒stra, claustra, plural of claustrum barrier. See claustral, -ure
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of cloture1

C19: from French 肠濒么迟耻谤别, from Old French closure
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Example Sentences

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鈥淏lock cloture 鈥 no help for fascists,鈥 one sign read.

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Republicans utilized the filibuster and cloture procedures in the upper chamber.

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The Senate needed to secure 60 votes to invoke cloture.

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The final 85-15 vote on the cloture motion for the compromise version of the National Defense Authorization Act sets it up for final passage on Wednesday.

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鈥淚f the Biden administration wants their nominees confirmed then Senate Democrats can do what Coach just did in September and file a cloture petition to force a vote.鈥

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