"shutdown is over" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when describing the conclusion of a period of inactivity, such as when a business has closed its doors for a specific period of time, or when a government has enforced a policy that restricts business activities. For example, "The pandemic-related shutdown is over, and the business is beginning to open its doors again for customers."
Update: Oct. 17, 2013: Now that the shutdown is over, use our 6 Q's About the News to answer questions about the results.
The U.S. government shutdown is over: President Trump signed a bill funding the government through Feb. 8, giving lawmakers more time for immigration talks.
By Andy Borowitz October 18, 2013 WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) — Now that the government shutdown is over, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) plans to read the Affordable Care Act, he told reporters today.
Federal workers assume that they will get their back pay when the shutdown is over, but that is not guaranteed, and it is unclear how long the stalemate in Washington will last.
The U.S. government shutdown is over, but anxiety over future spending levels for science continues.
But they are at least likely to receive back pay once the shutdown is over, she noted.
Once the short shutdown was over, I made my order, and I have the utmost confidence my mattress is being stuffed into a corrugated cardboard box at an Amazon warehouse.
Even as Wall Street breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday that the government shutdown was over and the risk of a default on United States debt was off the table for now, attention immediately turned to a critical, if more ordinary, matter for investors and traders: when will federal number-crunchers be providing data on the economy again?
When the shutdown was over and the panda cam went back online, so many viewers went to the site at once that it crashed.
The fight that nearly led to the shutdown was over disaster aid; Republicans wanted money for victims of natural disasters to be offset with other cuts in spending, while Democrats opposed such a move.
Standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Shen Ling, 29, a teacher from China, said she and her friends had heard the news that the shutdown was over in Chicago airport, as they were about to board their flight.
