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Recent Examples of phase out
Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 18 June 2025
This practice has long been phased out, for obvious reasons.
—Slade Logsdon, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025
Alain Sherter, CBS News, 22 May 2025
The House bill had initially proposed a phaseout of those credits over the next several years.
—Arkansas Online, 8 June 2025
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Verb
What know to about 8 dyes being phased out
Is the US banning artificial food dyes?
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 18 June 2025
This practice has long been phased out, for obvious reasons.
—Slade Logsdon, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025
Noun
Those who earn above that amount would face a phaseout, although the deduction wouldn't go lower than $10,000.
—Alain Sherter, CBS News, 22 May 2025
The House bill had initially proposed a phaseout of those credits over the next several years.
—Arkansas Online, 8 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for phase out
Noun
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The court document explains that Drake met with representatives on Tuesday and Spotify, which had filed an opposition, had no objection to the withdrawal and discontinuance, while UMG, which hadn’t filed an opposition, reserved its position.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
15 Jan. 2025
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The court document explains that Drake met with representatives on Tuesday and Spotify, which had filed an opposition, had no objection to the withdrawal and discontinuance, while UMG, which hadn’t filed an opposition, reserved its position.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
15 Jan. 2025
Verb
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If encountering blowing dust and sand that inhibits the ability to see the road in front of you, pull completely off the roadway and turn off your headlights.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
20 June 2025
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Once enabled, these protections can't be turned off, shielding you against even the most sophisticated attacks.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2025
Noun
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Israel must halt its aggression, and absent a total cessation of military aggression against us, our responses will continue.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2025
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This cessation would have come immediately after these raids were getting started in earnest.—
The Editors,
National Review,
17 June 2025
Noun
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Among the key points: The surprise June 10 shutdown and stranding of hundreds of passengers by Silver just as the company was about to be sold as a turnkey operation to an affiliate of Wexford Capital of West Palm Beach and Connecticut.—
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
25 June 2025
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That would coincide with a broader deadline to fund the government and avoid a shutdown.—
Mike Winters,
CNBC,
24 June 2025
Noun
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Impacted students in Colorado and elsewhere filed lawsuits over their legal status to study in the U.S., and the federal government ultimately reversed the termination of the students’ legal status.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
22 June 2025
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In March, Administrator Zeldin notified National Clean Investment Fund and Clean Communities Investment Accelerator recipients of the termination of their grant agreements under the Biden-Harris Administration’s $20 billion ‘gold bar’ scheme.—
Morgan Simon,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
Noun
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The survey’s cutoff date was June 18, days before the US bombed Iran, targeting its three main nuclear sites.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
24 June 2025
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The new cutoff date is now September 17, giving users temporary relief from a looming ban.—
Kate Nalepinski,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
Noun
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And with the game in its fifth minute of second-half stoppage time, Acuna picked a fight with Denzel Dumfries, a man far too streetwise to get sucked into such an incredibly pointless altercation.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
25 June 2025
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Messi got a yellow card in stoppage time at the half, and Palmeiras kept him from scoring despite an attempt that went just high of the crossbar. Palmeiras, which currently sits fourth in its league, had an early opportunity broken up by Inter Miami defender Marcelo Weigandt’s slide tackle.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
24 June 2025
Noun
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San Diego was spared from the most destructive elements, but no less than six waves of San Ana winds — some surpassing 100 mph in places such as Sill Hill in the Cuyamaca Mountains — led SDG&E to issue two separate public safety power shutoffs over the course of an unprecedented three weeks.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 June 2025
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Dry, windy weekend heightens California’s wildfire risks, triggering power shutoffs for thousands.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2025
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