shutter
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The company is the latest L.A. dance troupe to shutter in recent years, joining L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Baidu and Alibaba formed dedicated quantum research groups, only to shutter them months apart in 2023.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
There was just the constant shutter of photographs being taken.
From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026
The California Budget & Policy Center estimated that as many as 3.4 million Californians could lose Medi-Cal coverage, rural hospitals could shutter, and other healthcare services would be slashed unless new funding was found.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026
His hands caressed the camera around his neck; his thumb hovered by the shutter button.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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In London, city regulations require developers to adopt cooler design measures—natural ventilation, shutters on windows and better insulation—before installing air conditioning in new buildings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Longer term, he said the UK needed a more strategic approach, including collecting better data, targeted retrofitting of existing homes and learning from hotter countries through measures such as external shutters and reflective exterior paint.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Some people clapped rhythmically, while others pounded on the metal shutters of closed Palestinian shops.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
Likewise, Andy’s story starts when a magnate shutters her current job at a newspaper called the New York Vanguard, firing her and her colleagues for a $500-million tax write-off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
That’s why they got the new shutters put up.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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In 2024, Xbox culled more than 2,000 staff and shuttered four studios bought prior to its bumper acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision-Blizzard.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
While the dangerous temperatures shuttered a slew of events, celebrants still packed the streets in Boston, Philadelphia and New York.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
Police were taking no chances on Thursday, with a slew of roadblocks shutting off traffic on key roads around Nairobi, and schools and businesses shuttered.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
The shuttered Hello Kitty experiment animated yet another challenge in scaling raves across Dave & Buster’s many outposts: the sense that these parties are once-in-a-lifetime events that can’t be missed.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
A gust of wind blew open the shuttered windows, and all the candles in the room went out.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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“There is no evidence that the Board took account of its full range of statutory obligations in determining that a wholesale shuttering of the Kennedy Center was appropriate,” Cooper wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
This reorganization will include shuttering 56 of 77 research stations studying climatological and ecological changes across the country.
From Salon ● May 2, 2026
Sri Lanka has declared weekly public holidays to curb fuel use, shuttering schools and offices one day each week while tightening rationing.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
With wine consumption down, major California wine companies are laying off workers and shuttering production facilities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2026
The Sun dipped and vanished, and as if at the shuttering of a lamp, black night fell.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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