closedown

Example Sentences

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"I repeat, both the collection boxes and this machine closedown I was — I was made aware when everybody else was made aware," Mr DeJoy said.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2020

After this year, following the Tevatron's permanent closedown in the autumn, it will be the world's lone super-collider.

From Reuters • Apr. 22, 2011

Queues have been growing at passport offices as tourists and people travelling for business or other reasons put in their applications before the proposed closedown.

From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2011

When they bade the viewers goodnight at closedown, it was, the critic Peter Black fancied, as if they were tucking them up for the night.

From The Guardian • Oct. 14, 2010

Banks have also resisted the closedown of failing state firms because "they are the largest creditors of the state-owned enterprises," explains Zhou.

From Time Magazine Archive