phase·out
ˈfāz-ˌau̇t 
: a gradual stopping (as in operations or production) : a closing down by phases
phased out; phasing out; phases out
: to discontinue the practice, production, or use of by phases
: to stop production or operation by phases
Examples of phaseout in a Sentence
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
Last summer, the EPA announced a rule imposing a 40% overall reduction in HFCs as part of a global phaseout designed to slow climate change.
—USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2024
Despite the phaseout of new S-76s, Flint believes the S-76 is a viable platform for another decade.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2024
The country also benefited from its continued phaseout of coal in favor of natural gas, solar energy and wind generation.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2024
The law will also offer financial incentives for dog farmers and owners of restaurants that serve dog meat to switch jobs, requiring each to submit a phaseout plan to a local government.
—John Yoon, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2024
The end of the emergency declarations will mean the phaseouts of federal COVID-19 relief funding, including federal funding for COVID-19 hospital care, an extension of Medicaid payments, free at-home testing, and COVID-19 vaccinations, among other things.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2023
And that, in turn, will help bring about a shift in capital allocation, and thus, the transition away from—or phaseout of—fossil fuels.
—Peter Vanham, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2023
Lai Ching-te, 64, Democratic Progressive Party Despite criticism over stagnant wages and a controversial phaseout of nuclear power, the ruling Democratic Progressive Party is leading in the polls.
—Vic Chiang, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2023
Justine Calma, The Verge, 4 Apr. 2024
In 2022, environmental groups filed a petition with the state requesting that use of the gas be phased out.
—Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Later this year, Dublin plans to phase out through traffic in its city center in order to help meet emissions goals and unclog the downtown area.
—Mike Gagliardi, NBC News, 30 Mar. 2024
As the digital advertising landscape faces a huge shift with Google’s phasing out of third-party cookies, marketers are standing at the precipice of change.
—Carol Howley, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Unfortunately, since the Reagan Administration phased out funding for Noise Abatement and Control in 1981, our world has grown exponentially louder.
—Amy Paturel, WIRED, 24 Mar. 2024
The American Chemistry Council, a lobbying organization, had asked for 15 years to phase out the use of asbestos.
—Coral Davenport, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
The Marines still use the fighter jet, but it is slowly being phased out and replaced by the F-35.
—Erika I. Ritchie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024
But over the past two decades, the use of HFCs has increased rapidly, mainly because they are being used as a replacement for ozone-depleting substances which have been rapidly phased out globally.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
Noun
In a June 2017 study, scientists detected elevated levels of PBDEs in infants nearly a decade after their phaseout in 2004, said Tasha Stoiber, a senior scientist at the Environmental Working Group, or EWG, a nonprofit health and environmental advocacy association.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
Last summer, the EPA announced a rule imposing a 40% overall reduction in HFCs as part of a global phaseout designed to slow climate change.
—USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2024
Despite the phaseout of new S-76s, Flint believes the S-76 is a viable platform for another decade.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2024
The country also benefited from its continued phaseout of coal in favor of natural gas, solar energy and wind generation.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2024
The law will also offer financial incentives for dog farmers and owners of restaurants that serve dog meat to switch jobs, requiring each to submit a phaseout plan to a local government.
—John Yoon, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2024
The end of the emergency declarations will mean the phaseouts of federal COVID-19 relief funding, including federal funding for COVID-19 hospital care, an extension of Medicaid payments, free at-home testing, and COVID-19 vaccinations, among other things.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2023
And that, in turn, will help bring about a shift in capital allocation, and thus, the transition away from—or phaseout of—fossil fuels.
—Peter Vanham, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2023
Lai Ching-te, 64, Democratic Progressive Party Despite criticism over stagnant wages and a controversial phaseout of nuclear power, the ruling Democratic Progressive Party is leading in the polls.
—Vic Chiang, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2023
Verb
Oceana wants to see the company phase out plastic packaging in its home base, the US.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 4 Apr. 2024
In 2022, environmental groups filed a petition with the state requesting that use of the gas be phased out.
—Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Later this year, Dublin plans to phase out through traffic in its city center in order to help meet emissions goals and unclog the downtown area.
—Mike Gagliardi, NBC News, 30 Mar. 2024
As the digital advertising landscape faces a huge shift with Google’s phasing out of third-party cookies, marketers are standing at the precipice of change.
—Carol Howley, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Unfortunately, since the Reagan Administration phased out funding for Noise Abatement and Control in 1981, our world has grown exponentially louder.
—Amy Paturel, WIRED, 24 Mar. 2024
The American Chemistry Council, a lobbying organization, had asked for 15 years to phase out the use of asbestos.
—Coral Davenport, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
The Marines still use the fighter jet, but it is slowly being phased out and replaced by the F-35.
—Erika I. Ritchie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024
But over the past two decades, the use of HFCs has increased rapidly, mainly because they are being used as a replacement for ozone-depleting substances which have been rapidly phased out globally.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1951, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1940, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
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: to discontinue doing, producing, or using
phasing out old machinery
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