Aired and Closed

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Aired adjective - Open to or abounding in fresh air.

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Closed is an antonym for aired in topics: exposed to public attention, exposed to the air.

Nearby Word: airing

Closed adjective - Not open.

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Aired is an antonym for closed.

Nearby Words: close, closing, closure, closer

Also, when closed captions are displayed for works aired on TV which censor a word but not a whole sentence, they often display the censored word anyway.

Source: Closed Captioning
Firstly, the show was meant to be the The Cartoon Of The Game, only the game itself had been in closed beta before the cartoon aired.

Source: Schedule Slip / Western Animation
Downer Ending: Several of the bars have closed down since the episode featuring them aired: A glance at Yelp indicates that a number of owners apparently just use the show for a free remodel before going right back to burying them.

Source: Series / Bar Rescue

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Aired & Closed. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/aired/closed>.

Closed or Aired. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/aired/closed.

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