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Recent Examples of phase out
Claudia Boyd-Barrett, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2025
It was followed by the Montreal Protocol in 1987, a treaty that saw participating countries phase out the production of substances responsible for depleting the ozone layer.
—New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2025
Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The authors recommend a global cap on plastic production, as well as phaseouts of toxic chemical additives.
—Joseph Winters, Wired News, 16 Aug. 2025
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Verb
The health department would have to adopt regulations defining those foods no later than June 1, 2028, and public K-12 schools would begin to phase out certain ultraprocessed foods by July 1, 2029.
—Claudia Boyd-Barrett, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2025
It was followed by the Montreal Protocol in 1987, a treaty that saw participating countries phase out the production of substances responsible for depleting the ozone layer.
—New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2025
Noun
Roth IRAs Taxpayers who wish to contribute to a Roth IRA are subject to phaseout amounts.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The authors recommend a global cap on plastic production, as well as phaseouts of toxic chemical additives.
—Joseph Winters, Wired News, 16 Aug. 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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Their demands were modest, ranging from higher pay and insurance to the discontinuance of company stores.—
Jack Werner / Made by History,
TIME,
18 June 2024
Verb
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Officials said the phone was either out of service or turned off.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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An inquest into the death of Matt Beard has heard the initial evidence about the tragic circumstances leading to his family agreeing to turn off his life-support machine in hospital.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Other obesity drugs in development have reported discontinuation rates nearing 10%, which is slightly above that of the existing treatments on the market.—
Annika Kim Constantino,Bertha Coombs,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
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Treatment with apitegromab was generally well-tolerated across all age groups, and there were no drug discontinuations in the study due to adverse events.—
Sasirekha Subramanian,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Offering smoking cessation, nutrition counseling, stress management workshops and fitness incentives can reduce claims related to preventable conditions.—
Jessica Stroud,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Three and a half years after Russia invaded Ukraine, there are few immediate signs of a cessation to the ongoing hostilities.—
Kerry Whigham,
The Conversation,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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What's without question is that the longer a shutdown continues, the more pressure will be brought on essential services going to vulnerable people and federal workers getting along (either on the job or not) without pay.—
Todd Spangler,
Freep.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Health care talks plant seeds to resolve shutdown Federal subsidies for people to participate in the Affordable Care Act, which is nicknamed Obamacare, are expiring at the end of the year.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That termination triggered lengthy litigation that continues and has pingponged through the American judicial system.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
4 Oct. 2025
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Is MacDonald suggesting that Hannah will lose the pregnancy, either by termination or miscarriage?—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The list below ranks them from the lowest to highest share within the 25% cutoff.—
Mike Winters,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
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This year’s cutoff for the top 10 is $13 million, up from the 2024 cutoff of $9 million; half of the league’s coaches are now making $10 million, after a series of new hires and extensions, based on conversations with a half-dozen people familiar with NFL coaching contracts.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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After Kempes opened the scoring with a clever sliding finish past the advancing Jan Jongbloed, Argentine goalkeeper Fillol was caught too wide for Dick Nanninga’s headed equaliser, and was similarly too far out when Dutch forward Rob Rensenbrink prodded against the post in stoppage time.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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The length of a government closure matters as a longer-than-normal stoppage could weigh on an already fragile economy and put pressure on a stock market near record highs.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Phase out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phase%20out. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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