CLOSING (DOWN) Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

closing (down)

verb

Definition of closing (down)

present participle of close (down)

as in shutting

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

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The update followed a high-stakes boardroom showdown with the group's supervisory board on Thursday and comes after reports that the company is weighing up shutting four German factories and implementing as many as 100,000 job cuts.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 10 July 2026
OpenAI temporarily had a similar opt-out feature for its Sora 2 video model, drawing similar criticism before changing its policies and, eventually, shutting it down earlier this year.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 10 July 2026

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Hadley was very active, closing with seven points, 10 rebounds, two assists, a steal and a block in 24 minutes.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026
Oil prices, which skyrocketed for the first few months of the US-Israeli war with Iran, are now coming back down, closing a window of opportunity for Russia to use higher profits on its exports to close its widening budget deficit.

— Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

Definition of closing

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Loggia died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease in 2015, closing out a career that lasted six decades.

— Maggie Fremont, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026
Lightrocket | Getty Images A day after closing out a blockbuster three months on Wall Street, high-flying chip stocks suffered steep declines to open the third quarter.

— Kif Leswing, CNBC, 1 July 2026

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