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as in to close
to position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening
please shut the door when you leave
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Recent Examples of shut
Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 25 May 2025
There’s also a timer mode that automatically shuts it off after one, three, or six hours.
—Clint Davis, People.com, 23 May 2025
Sam Sweeney, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2025
However, data engineering is not an open and shut case.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
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Verb
But the Tar Heels scored five of the game’s next six goals to shut the door on any notion of another spirited comeback by the Wildcats.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 25 May 2025
There’s also a timer mode that automatically shuts it off after one, three, or six hours.
—Clint Davis, People.com, 23 May 2025
Adjective
The report also revealed the cockpit door was jammed shut and the flight crew exited the plane through the emergency hatch on the ceiling of the cockpit.
—Sam Sweeney, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2025
However, data engineering is not an open and shut case.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
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Verb
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Trump has urged agencies to eliminate duplicative roles, unnecessary management layers, and non-critical jobs while automating routine tasks, closing regional offices and reducing the use of outside contractors.—
Daniel Wiessner,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Bitcoin surpasses previous high Elsewhere in markets, the pan-European Stoxx 600 index closed mostly flat.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
22 May 2025
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Really, why spend billions on enhancements in a search space that is already locked down as is?—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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Brannan has locked in support for his comptroller run from a number of other influential New York labor groups, like 32BJ, the Transport Workers Union and the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
27 May 2025
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The censure was approved by the board in a closed session meeting on May 13.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2025
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The eruption was in a closed area of Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, located about 200 miles and several islands southeast of Honolulu.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
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He is very plugged into the world of change-makers in the incarceration realm.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Feb. 2025
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But the new generation of GaN chargers with more power and USB ports sometimes struggle to stay plugged in due to their size and weight.—
Andrew Liszewski,
The Verge,
7 Aug. 2024
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“Shut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shut. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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