SHAKE-UPS Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

shake-ups

noun

plural of shake-up

as in shakeouts

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Noun

The musical returned to the then-Atkinson after the closings lifted in the fall of 2021.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026
Also, expect overnight lane closings to affect Okeechobee Road from the Broward County line to west of the Homestead Extension of Florida’s Turnpike.

— Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of closings

Noun

Moscow was affected by the highest number of shutdowns—at least 17 in total at its four main airports.

— Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of shutdowns

Noun

The mass firings at the CDC in early 2025 gutted the team studying TBI, right before it was expected to launch a nationwide concussion surveillance system.

— Lydia McFarlane, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026
One person involved in the effort told me that the firings had been carried out because of an evolution in the business at Fannie and not for any ideological reason.

— Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2026

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