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The phrase "are usually closed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a general state or condition of something that typically remains shut or not open.
Example: "The doors to the museum are usually closed on Mondays for maintenance."
Alternatives: "tend to be shut" or "are generally not open".
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The hotels involved are usually closed off to other guests.
Church-run Russian monasteries are usually closed to tourists.
Large ventricular septal defects are usually closed by a patch.
The department stores are usually closed except on rare occasions and even the markets pack up by lunchtime.
Many streets are usually closed off to traffic – if they are not, revellers often just take them over.
Fourteen Italian furniture and design companies that are usually closed to the public will be open tomorrow through Tuesday.
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North Korea is usually closed to foreign reporters.
I'm usually closed on that day anyway.
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Where exceptions have been spotted the loophole is usually closed.
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