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shutter

[shuht-er] / ˈʃʌt ər /
NOUN
blind
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CBS claimed the move to shutter the “Late Show” was “purely a financial decision.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

There was just the constant shutter of photographs being taken.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

For one group of moms, the threatened Los Angeles Unified School District strike that would shutter campuses next week is provoking outright fear.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

The LNG crunch threatens wealthy nations with a prolonged wave of energy-driven inflation, while simultaneously forcing fragile emerging economies to ration fuel and shutter factory floors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

I brought him close to my face, but before I could touch my lips to a feather, he flew away to the top of a window shutter.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine




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