1
as in closes
to position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening
please shut the door when you leave
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as in closes (down)
to stop the operations of
shut both stores for a week
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Recent Examples of shuts
The municipality of Benicia faces a $10 million budget hit if Valero shuts the refinery as planned, said Mayor Steve Young.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
The Marswalker then shuts its front flap to secure the robot vacuum inside, turns, and drives up or down a nearby staircase, before opening the flap again so the S2 can go about cleaning on a different floor.
—Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
In turn, the body gears into fight-or-flight mode, which shuts the brain’s higher reasoning functions down.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
However, often parents will blame social media and technology in response to their teens speaking out about their mental health and that shuts them down.
—Lani Ngonethong, Twin Cities, 30 Aug. 2025
Lynette shuts him down, hitting him over the head with a lamp before finding Kenny and slipping away with the money.
—Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Marine menace shuts reactors And in 1999, a massive bloom in the Philippines forced a power station offline, causing a major blackout that some feared was linked to the Y2K bug or even a coup attempt.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
Bloomberg, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
The Marswalker then shuts its front flap to secure the robot vacuum inside, turns, and drives up or down a nearby staircase, before opening the flap again so the S2 can go about cleaning on a different floor.
—Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
In turn, the body gears into fight-or-flight mode, which shuts the brain’s higher reasoning functions down.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
However, often parents will blame social media and technology in response to their teens speaking out about their mental health and that shuts them down.
—Lani Ngonethong, Twin Cities, 30 Aug. 2025
Lynette shuts him down, hitting him over the head with a lamp before finding Kenny and slipping away with the money.
—Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Marine menace shuts reactors And in 1999, a massive bloom in the Philippines forced a power station offline, causing a major blackout that some feared was linked to the Y2K bug or even a coup attempt.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shuts
closes
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The new rule closes that gap by mandating validated self-assessments and third-party assessments before award decisions.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The payment of the 183 million euros closes all investigations into evasion of taxes on an estate estimated by the Italian authorities to be worth around 800 million euros.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Shuts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shuts. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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