close (down) 1 of 2

as in to shut
to stop the operations of the coal mine was closed down in the 1930s

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noun

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Recent Examples of close (down)
Noun
During the closedown period, the amount of sand taken from the beach will be lowered to a maximum of 240,000 tons a year from an average of almost 300,000 that state regulators say had been taken out over the past three decades. Jim Carlton, WSJ, 13 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for close (down)
Verb
  • The wildly popular Korean drama about a gaggle of misfits and screw-ups competing for money as well as their lives had a surprisingly great second season, with protagonist Gi-hun returning to the Games after four years to try and shut them down, only to be entangled in double-crosses and surprises.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 27 June 2025
  • Others are simply shutting themselves away from society.
    Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • After several days of intense fighting, a cessation of hostilities was announced, with Trump taking credit.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
  • Two likely causes are an increase in food availability due to the recent wet winters (more rain leads to more plants and seeds, which lead to healthy rodent populations), and a cessation of the distemper epidemic that has decimated the populations of these animals in the Bay Area in recent years.
    Alison Hermance, Mercury News, 17 June 2025
Verb
  • Alongside Hindley’s, the other two roles to close are the Commissioning Editor and Commissioning Co-ordinator.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 27 June 2025
  • The funds will support new cultural programming, including a major exhibition and gallery, as well as ongoing preservation work at the downtown landmark, which has been closed since 2022.
    Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • This ending brought a sense of closure to Marge, who is now in heaven with Beatles member Ringo Starr.
    Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 25 June 2025
  • Haliburton, by virtue of his framed quote, thinks about new endings often.
    Tony East, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • About three-quarters of the way through the video, the song screeches to a halt, as the video shows four men listening to a boombox.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 5 July 2025
  • On the conflict in Ukraine, Ushakov said Trump emphasized his push for a quick halt to the fighting, and Putin voiced Moscow’s readiness to pursue talks with Kyiv, noting the previous rounds in Turkey yielded humanitarian results.
    Vladimir Isachenkov, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • The New Zealand team Auckland City began the Club World Cup as the tournament’s fall guys, losing 10-0 against the German champions Bayern Munich, but by the end of the group stage, the semi-professional outfit earned respect by holding Boca Juniors to a draw.
    Adam Crafton, New York Times, 27 June 2025
  • By the end of the second act of the episode, Francie and Sugar make up their differences.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Something from your past may be circling back for closure, not punishment.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 July 2025
  • There is a road closure on I-35 between 20th Street/Exit 1D (SB) and I-670/Broadway Boulevard/Exit 2.
    Kansas City Star Bot Updated July 1, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • Among the key points: The surprise June 10 shutdown and stranding of hundreds of passengers by Silver just as the company was about to be sold as a turnkey operation to an affiliate of Wexford Capital of West Palm Beach and Connecticut.
    David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2025
  • That would coincide with a broader deadline to fund the government and avoid a shutdown.
    Mike Winters, CNBC, 24 June 2025

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“Close (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/close%20%28down%29. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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