closedown
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of closedown
1885–90, noun use of verb phrase close down
Example Sentences
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"I repeat, both the collection boxes and this machine closedown I was — I was made aware when everybody else was made aware," Mr DeJoy said.
From BBC • Aug. 21, 2020
After this year, following the Tevatron's permanent closedown in the autumn, it will be the world's lone super-collider.
From Reuters • Apr. 22, 2011
Queues have been growing at passport offices as tourists and people travelling for business or other reasons put in their applications before the proposed closedown.
From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2011
When they bade the viewers goodnight at closedown, it was, the critic Peter Black fancied, as if they were tucking them up for the night.
From The Guardian • Oct. 14, 2010
Steel Corp. to keep 50 of its Great Lakes ore carriers sailing to Jan. 1, and Army Corps of Engineers will hold Sault Ste. Marie locks open until then, instead of normal Dec. 15 closedown.
From Time Magazine Archive
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