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shutter

[shuht-er] / ˈʃʌt ər /
NOUN
blind
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He used a slow shutter speed to photograph it before it hopped back into the bushes.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Over time, new technologies and regulations prompted smaller exchanges to combine or shutter.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

Starbucks stores across South Korea will shutter for half a day next week for staff to attend a history lesson following a promotional campaign gone awry, the coffee giant said Monday.

From Barron's Jun. 15, 2026

Soon after, Live Nation announced the venue would shutter.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2026

He pressed the shutter button and took a dozen or so shots.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

Below the window is the phrase “How long can you survive?” written on the blue shutters of the “house.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

Reflective films, blinds, shutters, awnings and shaded roofs can all reduce heat gain.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

These included missing safety shutters - which protect people from coming into contact with a plug's live internal parts - missing fuses and oversized pin holes.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

The streets were deserted, metal shutters drawn and houses closed up, as wildfires drove residents and tourists away during the peak summer season.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

He moved toward the window, not to close the shutters but to look out.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

After the same federal judge rejected the board’s latest naming workaround on Tuesday, the administration abruptly shuttered the building.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

In the regional capital, all metro lines were suspended and the city's airport shuttered for several hours, causing flights to be diverted.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

The restaurant, already in need of updating for health ordinances and building codes, shuttered for a three-year renovation.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

The decade-long episode instigated by Mao in 1966 saw intellectuals brutally targeted as "class enemies" and schools shuttered, setting China back for years in education and development.

From Barron's Sep. 6, 2026

Little remains of them but shuttered buildings colonized by bats and rodents and pigeons and spiders, while in the case of Whizbang there is nothing save stone ruins submerged in a sea of grass.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Tyson Foods is planning on shuttering a major beef processing plant and selling another, the latest moves by the meatpacking giant to pull back from the beleaguered beef business.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

But since that law was signed, the shuttering of two major refineries in the state has left lawmakers and agencies skittish about regulating the facilities before electric vehicles have displaced the demand for gas.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

Bessent also played down the economic impact of the Iran war, despite the rising cost of living caused by high oil prices following Iran's shuttering of the Strait of Hormuz.

From Barron's May 28, 2026

Analysts at Citi said in a note Monday that Frontier would be a “direct beneficiary” of Spirit’s shuttering.

From MarketWatch May 4, 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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