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
On April 6, the distillery confirmed the shutdown was due to major flooding in Kentucky, which had caused significant damage.
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Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Free-trade agreements have in some instances accelerated factory shutdowns, leading to ghost towns and the deterioration of many blue-collar jobs.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
There have been no further disruptions in recent years, but some experts worry that without federal employees in their seats to send funds to Florida, the state’s program could suffer a similar shutdown.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
Also last month, they were blocked from dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the accelerated shutdown of the U.S. Agency for International Development was deemed likely unconstitutional.
—April Rubin, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025
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Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Free-trade agreements have in some instances accelerated factory shutdowns, leading to ghost towns and the deterioration of many blue-collar jobs.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
There have been no further disruptions in recent years, but some experts worry that without federal employees in their seats to send funds to Florida, the state’s program could suffer a similar shutdown.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
Also last month, they were blocked from dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the accelerated shutdown of the U.S. Agency for International Development was deemed likely unconstitutional.
—April Rubin, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shutdown
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Forbes is protected by reCAPTCHA, and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Cuts to smoking prevention and cessation programs, for example, don’t square with the aim of decreasing rates of chronic disease.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Any deal that eases sanctions or normalizes Russia's global standing should come with an end to weapons transfers to Iran and Syria and a cessation of military cooperation that enhances Iran's nuclear and missile programs.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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One unique thing Reno fit into it is a short sound around the 1:35 mark that sounds like a car screeching to a halt.—
Tom Roland,
Billboard,
8 Apr. 2025
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But Putin had other ideas, tying a halt in hostilities to the West readmitting certain Russian banks into the West’s financial network.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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As previously reported, the actor is set to reprise his role on the offshoot, and this bit of info from Harvey, tying Hardman to Ted’s Big Bad, certainly helps piece together the why and how, as does, possibly, the episode’s ending.—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
13 Apr. 2025
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Drake was also accused of refusing to identify a person who rewrote the ending of the film, and who was not a guild member.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2025
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The coming closure of the Valley's last mission-style Taco Bell inspired one local artist to memorialize the home of the Cheesy Gordita Crunch before it's gone forever.—
Jeremy Duda,
Axios,
8 Apr. 2025
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That’s made its recent closure all the more difficult.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2025
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The end of the parole program is part of Trump’s crackdown on legal immigration paths that allow people to temporarily come to the U.S. Republicans also criticized the parole program as an overreach and abuse of executive presidential power.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
15 Apr. 2025
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While the million-token context window is impressive, OpenAI’s data suggests that model accuracy can decrease when processing information at the extreme end of that scale, indicating a need for testing and validation for specific long-context use cases.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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By the close of day one, the team was aligned with a strategy on how to successfully address the first item on the list.—
Dennis Kight,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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In March, 1945, as the war staggered to a close, some two hundred Hungarian Jewish forced laborers were executed near Rechnitz.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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These are big conclusions to draw from so little playing time.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Across the music world, other international artists — even those with far more name recognition and resources — are coming to the same conclusion.—
Alex Ashley,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Shutdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shutdown. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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