How to Use shutdown in a Sentence

shutdown

1 of 2 noun
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  • The shutdown caused by the fire was bad but things could have been worse.
    — Lawrence Specker | , al, 4 Apr. 2023
  • This is the option that Congress used just a few weeks ago to avoid a shutdown.
    — Rachel Scott, ABC News, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The shutdown order, which lasts 45 days and can be renewed, was a break long in the making.
    — Liam Stack, New York Times, 9 May 2024
  • The shutdown is just the latest in a string of closures by the nation’s larges retailer.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 19 July 2023
  • The shutdown will take place in phases but will be completed by the end of August.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 July 2023
  • The company teased the shutdown last month and formally rolled it out with the 24.1.1 release.
    — Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The next three days, the shutdown was restricted to six districts, after which it was brought down to two.
    — Parth M.n., WIRED, 29 Mar. 2023
  • But the largest sign things were amiss: the sudden shutdown of the labor and delivery services unit.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 11 May 2024
  • But this floor action in no way delays the Oct. 1 shutdown deadline.
    — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • This in turn led to a five-day shutdown of the federal government.
    — Raymond Scheppach, The Conversation, 12 May 2023
  • Iran is also in the midst of a three-day economic shutdown, which is set to end Wednesday evening.
    — Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani, The New Republic, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The shutdowns will affect about 210 jobs, Bloomberg reports.
    — Tom Warren, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The measure, which passed the House Wednesday, will push the looming Dec. 16 shutdown deadline to midnight Dec. 23.
    — Sarah Elbeshbishi, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2022
  • That means a shutdown could still hit the country – albeit a brief one with minor effects over the weekend.
    — Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024
  • But the 49ers have a shutdown ability that the Commanders haven’t seen since Dallas in Week 3, if at all.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The shutdown looms despite some bright business metrics for Axe-Men Throw House.
    — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Brown said his business was down 40% because of the shutdown of salmon fishing last year, and the outlook this year isn’t much better.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Paramedics’ response times have been creeping up in recent years, as have day-to-day shutdowns of some units on days when there aren’t enough staff.
    — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 1 June 2024
  • The shutdown of the bridge came on a day of multiple highway and roadway closures due to the rain, flooding and crashes on slick roads.
    — Jordan Parker, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Jan. 2023
  • At least 21 federal shutdowns have occurred over the last five decades.
    — Elizabeth Beyer, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The votes send the legislation to President Biden to sign into law and avert a partial shutdown ahead of the deadline.
    — Marianna Sotomayor, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Experts say a shutdown could severely hamper the flow of goods and raise shipping costs.
    — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 26 Sep. 2024
  • So lawmakers will need to get to work, or risk a partial shutdown on their hands in January.
    — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Officials suspect that heat from all the thruster action at docking caused the shutdown.
    — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 29 June 2024
  • The fact that there wasn’t a government shutdown could have gone some other way very easily.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Yet, twin government shutdown deadlines in March are just weeks away.
    — Simon Moore, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The blaze damaged the power supply system in the apartment, forcing the shutdown of power to the entire building, Hunt said.
    — Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Nintendo first announced the shutdown last year and also closed the online stores for both consoles in March 2023.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Since then, the Mexican grupero band hadn’t performed in the Midwest city due to the pandemic shutdown.
    — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The shutdown sent shockwaves throughout the tech industry, as well as other nonprofits supporting women and girls in tech.
    — Sue Harnett, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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shut down

2 of 2 verb
  • The link to the form appears to have since been shut down.
    — Victoria Song, The Verge, 16 Aug. 2024
  • But that doesn’t mean the Dawgs should shut down the Buckeyes.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 28 Dec. 2022
  • But too cold for too long and cells start to shut down and die.
    — Deborah Balthazar, STAT, 22 July 2024
  • Rides and games at the pier will shut down at 9 p.m. and the pier will close at 10 p.m., according to the park.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2022
  • As the Royals piled up hits, Lyles shut down the Red Sox.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2023
  • After his next start, he was shut down for the rest of the year due to injury.
    — Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2024
  • The crash shut down that portion of I-359 for nearly six hours.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The processing of green cards in the U.S. was mostly shut down.
    — Abha Bhattarai and Lauren Kaori Gurley, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Schools, in general, are shut down for the day as well.
    — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Despite the change, the event was shut down just a few songs into the rapper's set.
    — Violet Ikonomova, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2024
  • Smith has said his business shouldn't have been shut down.
    — Garrett Moore, Arkansas Online, 20 Jan. 2023
  • One of the lines had to be shut down in March of that year due to excessive moisture.
    — Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Dec. 2023
  • If Trump was back in the White House, the agency would shut down the entire golf course to protect him.
    — Howard Kurtz, Fox News, 17 Sep. 2024
  • The earliest states close their polls at 6 p.m. EST, and the last polls in Alaska shut down at 9 p.m.
    — Joe Walsh, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The service is set to shut down in the country on February 27th.
    — Ash Parrish, The Verge, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Police had a heavy presence outside the town hall and shut down the block to traffic.
    — Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Bennett planned to shut down the shop for two weeks and hoped that many, if not all, of the baristas would be part of the new version of the project.
    — oregonlive, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Leon Chenal and Cole Christiansen with the backside pursuit shuts down the fake punt.
    — Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Scotland police were even called to the scene, the event shut down and parents said their children were in tears.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Part of the weight was lifted not long after the announcement that the team would be shutting down.
    — Greg Engle, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Gay clubs in Uganda have been shut down, so the group of friends head to a local dance party instead.
    — James Longman, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Hope is no pushover, and is well-versed on the proper way to shut down some creep asking for a quid pro quo exchange.
    — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Bill Russell singled up the middle for the go-ahead run and Mike Garman shut down the Phillies in the bottom of the inning for the win.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Did the country really shut down that eerie, silent spring?
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2024
  • His season was shut down and underwent surgery to fix the issues.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 May 2024
  • Barry seemed to quietly shut down the rumors in his own way.
    — Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 18 Aug. 2024
  • The show wasn’t even postponed when the pandemic shut down Hollywood in 2020.
    — Samantha Chery, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2023
  • The company said the division that did the work for Purdue, called Rosetta, has been shut down for a decade.
    — David Goldman, CNN, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Authorities warn the storm will shut down transportation on some of the busiest travel days of the year.
    — Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Two weeks ago, Frisch's also shut down two other locations: at 1330 Columbus Ave.
    — Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2024

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