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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

CBS claimed the move to shutter the “Late Show” was “purely a financial decision.”

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 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

The two of them live on-site in what looks like a family home straight out of a 1990s Disney film, a white colonial home with blue shutters.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

So why insist shade and shutters are enough in summer?

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

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

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 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

Someone must have gone to a good deal of effort to empty all the guest rooms of their wardrobes and beds and vanity tables and to bolt bars across the window shutters.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

Following those stumbles, GoPro shuttered its entertainment division to cut costs, as advertising and sponsorship revenues didn’t pan out.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

Schools were shuttered as smoke swathed the city in Nevada, near the California border, home to around 280,000 people.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

Ever since that Ontario park, Marineland, shuttered in 2024, there has been a scramble to find homes for 30 beluga whales who were once kept there.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

Blogs and entire media networks shuttered in rapid succession.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

The faint moonlight provided just enough light to help guide them into the sheltered doorstep of a shuttered tea shop nearby.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

Farther south in San Clemente, high tides also overran a section of the long-vulnerable coastal railway, once again shuttering the route after considerable slope damage and erosion.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

But in the past half century of mergers and consolidations, it was briefly a casualty, shuttering in 1985.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Adoption of e-readers like the Kindle and Kobo didn’t replace physical books; and despite the shuttering of mass-market chains like Borders, Waldenbooks and B. Dalton, the last 30 years have seen a reading boom.

From Salon Jul. 23, 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

He tried to do everything as quickly as possible, the shuttering of windows, and locking of doors.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin




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