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as in to close
to position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening
please shut the door when you leave
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Recent Examples of shut
Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 25 May 2025
There’s also a timer mode that automatically shuts it off after one, three, or six hours.
—Clint Davis, People.com, 23 May 2025
Sam Sweeney, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2025
However, data engineering is not an open and shut case.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
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Verb
But the Tar Heels scored five of the game’s next six goals to shut the door on any notion of another spirited comeback by the Wildcats.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 25 May 2025
There’s also a timer mode that automatically shuts it off after one, three, or six hours.
—Clint Davis, People.com, 23 May 2025
Adjective
The report also revealed the cockpit door was jammed shut and the flight crew exited the plane through the emergency hatch on the ceiling of the cockpit.
—Sam Sweeney, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2025
However, data engineering is not an open and shut case.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
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Verb
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Polls will close at 8 p.m., and observers say a winner could be declared as early as midnight.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2025
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Confession unearthed decades later In 2023 and 2024, prosecutors said the district attorney’s crime lab looked to DNA testing to close the case.—
Daniella Segura,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2025
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The discovery of this ruthenium, which was formed and locked down with gold, might be a telling sign that these volcanic rocks are coming from deep within the Earth.—
Nick Butler,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2025
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Related Articles Moskowitz, expert in disaster management, warns FEMA ‘is going to fail’ during hurricane season DeSantis says anyone running for Florida governor as a Democrat is ‘dead meat’ Florida’s 2026 governor race: Would third-party candidates lock in another Republican victory?—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
27 May 2025
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The eruption was in a closed area of Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, located about 200 miles and several islands southeast of Honolulu.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
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The censure was approved by the board in a closed session meeting on May 13.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2025
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He is very plugged into the world of change-makers in the incarceration realm.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Feb. 2025
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But the new generation of GaN chargers with more power and USB ports sometimes struggle to stay plugged in due to their size and weight.—
Andrew Liszewski,
The Verge,
7 Aug. 2024
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“Shut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shut. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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