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Princeton's WordNet

  1. shutting, closingnoun

    the act of closing something

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  1. shutting

    Shutting refers to the act or process of closing or securing something such as a door, window, or business. It typically involves stopping the activity or operation of something.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Shutting

    of Shut

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of shutting in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of shutting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of shutting in a Sentence

  1. Chuck Schumer:

    We hope our Republican colleagues will work with us in a bipartisan way so that the appropriations process meets the needs of the American people, if Republicans insist on inserting poison pill riders such as defunding Planned Parenthood, building a border wall, or starting a deportation force, they will be shutting down the government and delivering a severe blow to our economy.

  2. Kathryn Wylde:

    Shutting down was easy. Reopening is hard, all the employers say that there still is fear and some resistance to coming back.

  3. Finney County spokeswoman Sara McClure:

    Finney County officials're confident that all of our information was completely protected by shutting down the network.

  4. John Burns:

    It is a process of removing them. By shutting down political parties, shutting down trade unions, they are shutting down the basis of the support for organized opposition.

  5. Cao Liping:

    The environmental supervision should be adjusted in accordance with practical needs and social economic situation, the purpose of environmental supervision is never about shutting firms and curbing production, but about encouraging firms to actively meet the environmental standards.

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