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
How to check online The Michigan Department of Transportation maintains a website showing all construction, closures and other information for in-state roads.
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Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Be sure to heed any remaining road closures.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
This list is published weekly with closures since the previous week’s list.
—Ian Wheeler, Oc Register, 6 Sep. 2025
Along with financial infusion, the summit will bring in a multitude of security personnel, resulting in road closures, increased traffic and extended wait times.
—Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Find more information here about the ramp closures.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
The closures have resulted in staff shuffling throughout the library system and rescheduled activities such as author talks and photography exhibits.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
The incident prompted road closures and emergency procedures, but no injuries or explosions were reported.
—Stacey Barchenger, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
With the holidays approaching, many are preparing for time off and planning ahead for the widespread business and store closures that typically occur.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Be sure to heed any remaining road closures.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
This list is published weekly with closures since the previous week’s list.
—Ian Wheeler, Oc Register, 6 Sep. 2025
Along with financial infusion, the summit will bring in a multitude of security personnel, resulting in road closures, increased traffic and extended wait times.
—Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Find more information here about the ramp closures.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
The closures have resulted in staff shuffling throughout the library system and rescheduled activities such as author talks and photography exhibits.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
The incident prompted road closures and emergency procedures, but no injuries or explosions were reported.
—Stacey Barchenger, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
With the holidays approaching, many are preparing for time off and planning ahead for the widespread business and store closures that typically occur.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for closures
Noun
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All 32 teams made their 2025 season debuts in Week 1, with dramatic endings, statement wins and potentially damaging defeats among the outcomes on display.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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This year in particular, the 9/9 portal coincides with the moon in Aries — the first sign of the zodiac — creating a balance between endings and beginnings, especially with Saturn retrograde stationed at the last degree of Pisces while Neptune retrograde journeys through the first degree of Aries.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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According to Typology, apply a quarter-size amount, lather from root to ends, and massage into scalp.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
12 Sep. 2025
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Jenkins, a former Brevard County school board member and speech pathologist, released a launch video casting herself as a fighter for working families, drawing on her own experience working multiple jobs to make ends meet.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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One of the shutdowns is in South Florida, the only store in the state affected, according to a court document list filed in June and amended in August.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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The plant is slated to close by April, the latest in a string of recent California fuel-plant shutdowns.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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On the contrary, a state with a latent nuclear program presents a ripe target for adversaries and counterproliferators seeking to prevent weaponization who may be tempted to act swiftly before the window to do so closes and the state can plausibly threaten nuclear retaliation.—
VIPIN NARANG,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Sep. 2025
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In compliance and tax, these systems stay current on regulation changes and automatically apply the right rule to each client's case, ensuring fewer mistakes, better compliance and quicker closes.—
Tom Invernizzi,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Despite the promise, researchers caution against early conclusions.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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Plus-size segment remains underserved by apparel market Mallorie Dunn, a professor of fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Technology and owner of SmartGlamour, a clothing line that offers the smallest and largest sizes, worries about the apparel retail market rushing to conclusions.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Closures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closures. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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