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The phrase "actually shut down" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something has been turned off or ceased operation, often in a context where there may be doubt or surprise about it.
Example: "After the final meeting, the server was actually shut down for maintenance."
Alternatives: "truly powered off" or "genuinely turned off."
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When will the government actually shut down?
So what is actually shut down?
So which parts of government actually shut down?
"Er, yes, but it has, actually, shut down," I offer by way of explanation.
Many — and, some argue, most — actually shut down after a few years.
Could Twitter and other parts of the net actually shut down debate?
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It's actually shutting down".
It's actually shutting down a lot of activity in terms of food getting to people, kids going to school.
Which points out a striking contrast in partisan styles: Democrats have never, in my political memory, pulled any political stunt as extreme as actually shutting down the government in defence of their policy or ideological convictions.
That side can take comfort in the fact that the N.C.A.A. stopped short of actually shutting down the Penn State football program for a year (the so-called "death penalty").
Siegel notes that nobody else on the Leafs bench "consumes" more ice time than Phaneuf, who is "often judged on goals, point production and big hits," but whose most important duty is actually "shutting down top lines".
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