closures

plural of closure

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of closures These closures could have a major impact on the rest of the West Coast, including Washington, as these states rely on California's refining capacity for continuous supply to meet domestic demand. Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025 Stein has been critical of the nation’s response to Covid-19, including mask mandates and business closures. Katherine Dillinger, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025 Check with local officials for any road closures or impacts. Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2025 There will be a dividend cut by 2027, a punitive refinancing in 2029, deeper franchisee frustration, unit closures, and a slow bleed into irrelevance. Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025 This list is published weekly with closures since the previous week’s list. Ian Wheeler, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025 How to check online The Michigan Department of Transportation maintains a website showing all construction, closures and other information for in-state roads. Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 7 Sep. 2025 Be sure to heed any remaining road closures. Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025 What other road closures are in place for the Hale Interchange? Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for closures
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • According to Typology, apply a quarter-size amount, lather from root to ends, and massage into scalp.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Despite the promise, researchers caution against early conclusions.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
  • 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

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“Closures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closures. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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