Used in a Sentence

shuttering

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for shuttering.

Editorial note

Between this and shuttering DRM based services after promising you can buy the tracks you love, etc...

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Quick take

The act of closing something with shutters.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of shuttering gathered in one view.

noun

The act of closing something with shutters.

noun

(construction) Formwork.

noun

(figurative) The winding down of a business, a publication, etc.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for shuttering.

noun

The act of closing something with shutters.

noun

(construction) Formwork.

noun

(figurative) The winding down of a business, a publication, etc.

Example sentences

1

Between this and shuttering DRM based services after promising you can buy the tracks you love, etc...

2

So why aren't they shuttering Google Voice, where people use up millions of hours of speech and SMS every day?

3

The same way that Google's shuttering of services over and over earns them a bit of discomfort amongst their users.

4

When closing down, has anyone explored not completely shuttering the company, but instead continuing to exist as a licensing entity?

5

Google will only ruin it by neglecting for a few years, before shuttering it down.

6

The insinuation was that Microsoft is shuttering Research entirely, which is very far from true.

7

Or every other Google-acquisition thread about users bemoaning the possible shuttering of the purchased service?

8

You'll be met with sudden input delays or shuttering that just screws you.

9

This beta has proven beyond reasonable doubt of their reasoning behind shuttering aperture.

10

After shuttering one failed startup and selling another to Classmates.com for $10 million in 2006, the MIT grad found himself exploring several new ideas.

11

Thanks for keeping it open for a while and not shuttering immediately.

12

Yahoo ended up shuttering the business not long after the purchase.

Quote examples

1

On clicking the link, I found a blog post with 50 reasons the author of the post came up with for shuttering his business that was called "Living for Monday".

2

How is it fair for you to tell me "I think you're not smart enough to handle a couple of metal balls without killing yourself" and feel all smug and righteous as if you've saved my life, instead as a petty busybody who just made my life (and a life of thousands other people) a little worse for no reason at all, while shuttering perfectly good company, and causing a lot of loss and waste of money and effort?

Proper noun examples

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Shuttering whole products/services doesn't count to me.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use shuttering in a sentence?

Between this and shuttering DRM based services after promising you can buy the tracks you love, etc...

What does shuttering mean?

The act of closing something with shutters.

What part of speech is shuttering?

shuttering is commonly used as noun.