as in cessation
the stopping of a process or activity
the factory resumed operation after a brief shutdown for repairs
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Recent Examples of shutdown
Tomko in Virginia agrees that the threat of a government shutdown is hanging over every organization that receives these federal health grants.
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Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 8 Feb. 2025
The shutdown is set to remain in effect through Feb. 14.
—Barry Williams, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025
The state stressed the shutdowns are prudent steps.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2025
Since the jarring days in March 2020, when government shutdown orders silenced concerts in Nashville, the city's independent music venues have struggled to find a foothold.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025
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Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 8 Feb. 2025
The shutdown is set to remain in effect through Feb. 14.
—Barry Williams, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025
The state stressed the shutdowns are prudent steps.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2025
Since the jarring days in March 2020, when government shutdown orders silenced concerts in Nashville, the city's independent music venues have struggled to find a foothold.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shutdown
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Thousands of Palestinians have also been returning to northern Gaza since the start of truce that negotiators hope will lead to a long-term cessation in hostilities.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA TODAY,
1 Feb. 2025
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But now in 2025, as Trump takes office, a cessation of fighting in Ukraine seems imminent.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Here are some of the most notable categories: Foreign policy Trump's foreign policy approach in his early days in office centered around tariff threats, shirking international agreements and bringing much foreign aid to a halt.—
Avery Lotz,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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On Thursday, the Trump administration also ordered an immediate halt of the $5 billion program aimed at building more EV charging stations on highways.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
10 Feb. 2025
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Or does so only briefly in the ambiguous ending, when Sofia throws off the last vestiges of her passivity and forces her recalcitrant mother into a reckoning with her condition.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
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Hot Milk is spare, rigorously structured but enigmatic, with a shocking ending that could fuel weeks of argument.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2025
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Search full list of closures Grocery prices jumped 0.5% last month.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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The closure is another in a string of both high- and low-profile closures over the past six months as restaurateurs decry the same points that Anderson made in his Instagram post. Subscribe to our new food newsletter, Stuffed, to get Denver food and drink news sent straight to your inbox.—
Jonathan Shikes,
The Denver Post,
19 Feb. 2025
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Tilda Swinton is planning to take a break from acting after her trip to the Berlin Film Festival comes to an end.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2025
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According to a new study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, musty crypts and the decayed remains of mummies smell-like a high end spa.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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Love Island All Stars Season 2 finally comes to a close and this cute couple left the villa clearly in love and £50,000 richer.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
18 Feb. 2025
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Early airpower theorists conceived of strategic warfare as a way to spare mankind from the horrors of World War I and later heralded it as the means of bringing World War II to a close.—
Raphael S. Cohen,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Feb. 2025
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The Tennessean last week celebrated the conclusion of its inaugural Journalism Academy program for Tennessee college students.—
Cassandra Stephenson,
The Tennessean,
12 Feb. 2025
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Several independent studies revealed that the shutdown had a significant effect on Earth's atmosphere — a conclusion backed up by anecdotal evidence.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Shutdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shutdown. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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