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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a shutter" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a device that opens and closes to control the amount of light entering a space, often in the context of photography or window coverings.
Example: "The photographer adjusted a shutter speed to capture the perfect moment."
Alternatives: "a window covering" or "a camera aperture".
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Somewhere a shutter is banging.
This last part happened in the blink of a shutter.
I have seen dancing Somewhere a shutter is banging.
Each time a shutter opens, whether for the player or the dealer, the note sounds.
He shot his fellow passengers, taking the exposure with a shutter release hidden down his sleeve.
As the car approaches, a shutter at the side of the building rises.
Booker raised his arm and the phone emitted the sound of a shutter.
He made a single door, and a single window with a shutter hinged at its top.
A large tarp was used as a shutter, with twenty-to-thirty-second exposures.
Trump paused, listened, then raised his index finger vertically before bringing it down like a shutter.
When you like what you see, you press a shutter button to snap the shot.
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