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Shuttering that department was one decision; embracing AI for a different part of his business was another.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2023

Shuttering his four factories and voyaging to America in search of a fresh start, Lazarus launched a succession of increasingly dubious businesses, peddling label machines and tongue scrapers.

From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2022

Shuttering Beaver Stadium for two years would take Penn State football down a peg.

From Slate • Jul. 13, 2012

Shuttering the 83-year-old track is not a consideration at this point, nor is selling it, but officials say gambling is necessary for survival not only of the track but racing as a whole in Illinois.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2010

Where, as here, there is no masonry plinth, the bearing-pins are only required for the succeeding courses of Pisé, and need not be inserted for the first. 88d   Mark V Shuttering.

From Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) by Williams-Ellis, Clough