shutdowns

noun

plural of shutdown
as in cessations
the stopping of a process or activity the factory resumed operation after a brief shutdown for repairs

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Recent Examples of shutdowns When sales came back down to earth, Guitar Center had the wrong merchandise on hand, a problem that was hard to remedy as Chinese factory shutdowns caused supply chain chaos. — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026 Utilities announced planned water and sewer shutdowns on Okaloosa Island and Pensacola Beach. — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2026 For home-office equipment, networking hardware, 3D printers, and other devices where unexpected shutdowns are costly or irritating, the Elite 300 can serve a dual purpose rather than sit unused until the next blackout. — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026 Regular, rolling outages that occur on a schedule across the country will be halted during these shutdowns. — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 Isaias was surging toward the Alabama Gulf Coast as the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, prompting mandatory evacuations, school closures and local government shutdowns. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026 Government shutdowns, meanwhile, have become routine in American governance. — Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026 The recent shutdowns come months after the closure of the Hooters in Boca Raton, Florida, which had developed a large social media following. — Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Those shutdowns will be required even though the TPU chips won’t be consuming nearly as much power as would be necessary for operational satellietes. — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shutdowns
  1. cessations
  2. halts
  3. endings
  4. closures
  5. stoppages
  6. ends
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
Noun
  • That was March 2020, when the CEOs of General Motors, Ford, and Fiat Chrysler tried to coordinate production halts over Covid-19 fears, only to be warned by their lawyers that doing so could violate antitrust rules.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The automatic stay halts proceedings but doesn't compel creditors to undo pre-petition filings without operative effect.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
Definition of halts
Noun
  • Beginnings can feel energetic and chipper and game, kind of, but endings are fireflies in the dark.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, as far as endings for superhero stories go, Episode 8 has a lot of chatter.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of endings
Noun
  • Kodiak says its autonomous system is designed to identify emergency vehicles, stopped vehicles, lane closures and accident scenes.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • There will also be partial or intermittent closures of Wyandotte Street and Baltimore Avenue through spring 2029.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of closures
Noun
  • Look at the work stoppages from the [Hollywood labor strikes] three years ago.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
  • There is already a feeling among many supporters that the time spent poring over marginal decisions — all those interminable stoppages for calls that are going to cause dissatisfaction, whatever the outcome — is far too much.
    — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of stoppages
Noun
  • Meanwhile, her ends were accented with subtle curls that folded below her chest and around her back.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Rufo is open about his desire to use rhetoric to achieve political ends.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of ends

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“Shutdowns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shutdowns. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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