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entrance door for excluding drafts from the interior of a building, usually consisting of four rigid leaves set in the form of a cross and rotating about a central, vertical pivot in the doorway; <b>a.</b> company, institution, or organization with a high turnover of personnel or members <b>b.</b> legal, medical, or other system or agency that discharges criminals, patients, etc., in the shortest possible time and without adequate attention or con

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  • Employing the most revolving-door lobbyists of all: Citigroup
  • Who are the brains behind the corrupt revolving-door culture?
  • This has created a revolving-door syndrome in luxury fashion.
  • Their revolving-door cast has cooked up six recordings to date.
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