closures

noun

plural of closure
as in cessations
the stopping of a process or activity after the closure of the region's last copper mine, the population simply withered away

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Recent Examples of closures Kodiak says its autonomous system is designed to identify emergency vehicles, stopped vehicles, lane closures and accident scenes. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 There will also be partial or intermittent closures of Wyandotte Street and Baltimore Avenue through spring 2029. — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026 On top of store closures and unsold inventory, the company was choking on enormous debt from a private equity buyout in 2014. — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026 The city closed the Peninsula to nonresident traffic, with more street closures starting at 62nd Place. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026 Due to airport closures, American Airlines, the largest provider of flights at CLT, suspended operations in Destin-Fort Walton Beach and Pensacola Thursday night. — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2026 But the Iran example – and particularly the ongoing episodic closures of the Strait of Hormuz – is one of the best illustrations today of how merely invoking credibility to act is not the same as having an overall endgame strategy. — Christopher Nichols, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026 The offer came at a time when Miami-Dade County Public Schools, and many other public school districts in Florida, have closed or consolidated schools and are contemplating even more closures. — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026 The shoe features buckle closures in gold, pointed toes and short stiletto heels. — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 4 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for closures
  1. cessations
  2. endings
  3. halts
  4. ends
  5. shutdowns
  6. closes
Noun
  • Temporary cessations of hostility, but no permanent closing of the moral and social divide between debtor and creditor, and no giving up on the thought that some lives matter more than others.
    — Henry Freedland, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Definition of cessations
Noun
  • Beginnings can feel energetic and chipper and game, kind of, but endings are fireflies in the dark.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, as far as endings for superhero stories go, Episode 8 has a lot of chatter.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of endings
Noun
  • That was March 2020, when the CEOs of General Motors, Ford, and Fiat Chrysler tried to coordinate production halts over Covid-19 fears, only to be warned by their lawyers that doing so could violate antitrust rules.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The automatic stay halts proceedings but doesn't compel creditors to undo pre-petition filings without operative effect.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
Definition of halts
Noun
  • Meanwhile, her ends were accented with subtle curls that folded below her chest and around her back.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Rufo is open about his desire to use rhetoric to achieve political ends.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of ends
Noun
  • Palisades is expected to be the first nuclear plant in the world to resume generating power after beginning the decommissioning process, but other countries have restarted or refurbished reactors after long-term shutdowns, the association said.
    — Jennifer McDermott, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Bolliger & Mabillard declined Thursday to answer questions about the shutdowns.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of shutdowns
Noun
  • Big for Club name Nvidia, which has posted back-to-back record closes.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
  • How much of that reporting burden will reach portfolio companies remains unclear, but some of it likely will as PE sponsors seek standardized KPIs, faster financial closes, more granular operational metrics and clearer governance documentation.
    — Nate Heeren, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
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“Closures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closures. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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