shutting up

present participle of shut up

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of shutting up Sky News is shutting up shop on its dedicated business show after more than a decade. Jake Kanter, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shutting up
Verb
  • By 1971, the demand for the dollar drying up and gold soaring privately, Nixon acted.
    Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Strained by industrial and agricultural demand and mismanagement, and insufficiently replenished by rainfall and snow melt, three-quarters of the world's population now live in areas where the water is drying up beneath our feet.
    Kelly Parsons, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • But Kennedy has already propagated an insidious revolution within the agencies under his control, using a playbook familiar to illiberal leaders—culling expertise, silencing critics, and weaponizing administrative procedure to grant a veneer of legitimacy to his actions.
    Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Moreno countered that the ruling party was silencing opposition voices and insisted Fernández Noroña had instigated the fight.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Echo chambers can emerge, amplifying consensus while muting dissenting expertise.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The Shag Originated in the late 1960s and popularized in the 1970s, the shag cut is comprised of short, choppy layers around the face, muting the body of hair on the sides.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • So much for the dawn of a new New England era, with no-nonsense Mike Vrabel as head coach and Josh McDaniels settling in as the new/old offensive coordinator.
    Steve Buckley, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Solomon had retired from a career in law enforcement, and was settling into a new routine, making time for exercise and hobbies, such as splitting wood on his farm.
    Allison Aubrey, NPR, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nine of those points came in a 16-0 third quarter run that turned a seven-point deficit into a 61-52 lead heading to the fourth, quieting the packed house in San Francisco’s Chase Center.
    Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
  • But instead of quieting interest in the case, the release of the memo has only left MAGA voices more insistent the administration release more information.
    Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 17 July 2025
Verb
  • For decades, fire-extinguishing foams containing PFAS seeped into the local aquifer during training exercises.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Casner said fire crews from Prospect, Southington and Wolcott assisted in extinguishing the fire.
    Kellie Love, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Produced from vines dating back to 1950, the 2002, 2005 and 2015 are stilling thriving.
    Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025

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“Shutting up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shutting%20up. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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