CLOSURES Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

closures

noun

plural of closure

as in cessations

the stopping of a process or activity after the closure of the region's last copper mine, the population simply withered away

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Recent Examples of closures East Boston neighbors can't seem to avoid parking tickets after a litany of road closures makes getting around the neighborhood extremely difficult. — Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026 Immediately after the legislation was signed, states began bracing for the substantial pullback of federal support, rural hospital closures, and implementation of burdensome paperwork requirements intended to drive down enrollment. — Diana Degette, Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2026 Unlike outright school closures during COVID-19, the Iran war’s impact on education is less visible. — ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026 The Hawaii Department of Transportation urged motorists to use caution and expect additional road closures and hazards as Lala continues moving across the islands. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026 When Elliot Advisors acquired the company for $683 million in 2019, the retailer was struggling with years of declining sales, store closures, and stiff competition from Amazon and other online sellers. — Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026 Despite a near-collapse during the 2020 campus closures, Sleepyhead adapted, maintaining stock through a key supplier partnership. — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Additional nighttime lane closures are expected to continue for at least a few weeks. — Haley Parsley august 8, Sacbee.com, 9 Aug. 2026 Families and staff fought the plan for months, worried that the closures would disproportionately affect minority, low-income and special education students and harm all students’ academic and social well-being. — Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Temporary cessations of hostility, but no permanent closing of the moral and social divide between debtor and creditor, and no giving up on the thought that some lives matter more than others.

— Henry Freedland, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025

Definition of cessations

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The questions that remain The case has invited big questions about where a person’s right to privacy ends and the government’s right to warrantless search begins.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 18 Aug. 2026
That impulse takes her to North Macedonia, a country that seems to the Belgian teen to be stuck in time, if not at the ends of the Earth.

— Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of ends

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Real-time tracking cuts costly checks Nuclear facilities currently rely on a combination of instruments, physical security measures, manual sampling and periodic shutdowns to determine how much nuclear material is present and where it is located.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
Not the kind of sweeping severe weather that prompts airlines to offer travel waivers nor wide-scale issues like labor strikes, IT problems or government shutdowns, which have unraveled countless plans in recent months.

— Eve Chen, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of shutdowns

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An early positive working relationship has been struck with Ross Wilson, the sporting director, and the pair usually speak multiple times every day, although their volume of conversations may decrease slightly once the transfer window closes.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
With three weeks to spare until the transfer window closes, there’s still plenty of time for Barcelona to get something over the line and bring Julian to Catalonia, however.

— Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

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