shutter

Over time, new technologies and regulations prompted smaller exchanges to combine or shutter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

A metal shutter and two security gates were damaged in the incident, and police said the stores had underestimated the need for security.

From Barron's ● May 16, 2026

The burger giant is the latest fast-food chain to shutter locations as the industry struggles with rising labor and real estate costs in the state.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

There was just the constant shutter of photographs being taken.

From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026

I watched dumbly as a shutter of recognition clicked across the blur of tenderness and the wide pupils went glossy and depthless as patent leather.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

In London, city regulations require developers to adopt cooler design measures—natural ventilation, shutters on windows and better insulation—before installing air conditioning in new buildings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

Some people clapped rhythmically, while others pounded on the metal shutters of closed Palestinian shops.

From Barron's ● May 14, 2026

Likewise, Andy’s story starts when a magnate shutters her current job at a newspaper called the New York Vanguard, firing her and her colleagues for a $500-million tax write-off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

"The authorities told us to close our windows and shutters when we left the house, but we didn't take anything - we left everything as it was," one resident, Alida, told newspaper Le Parisien.

From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026

The shutters were up but the door was open.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

But when the salt company shuttered in 2013, the pumping that maintained the basins stopped, endangering the environment the birds have come to rely on.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

In 2024, Xbox culled more than 2,000 staff and shuttered four studios bought prior to its bumper acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision-Blizzard.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

While the dangerous temperatures shuttered a slew of events, celebrants still packed the streets in Boston, Philadelphia and New York.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

While at Berkshire, Combs helped launch Haven, a shuttered initiative started by Dimon, Bezos and Buffett as an effort to lower healthcare costs by collectively bargaining with insurers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

The houses along the street were shuttered tight and dark.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson

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

“There is no evidence that the Board took account of its full range of statutory obligations in determining that a wholesale shuttering of the Kennedy Center was appropriate,” Cooper wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

Sri Lanka has declared weekly public holidays to curb fuel use, shuttering schools and offices one day each week while tightening rationing.

From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026

With wine consumption down, major California wine companies are laying off workers and shuttering production facilities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2026

She straightened and stepped away, her expression shuttering.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo