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Noun
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Future removals, offsets, shifting baselines, and technological breakthroughs can keep many strategies plausible at once.—
London Business School,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026 -
Our analysis finds that F1 racing could achieve substantial cuts in emissions – but getting all the way to net zero will still require carbon offsets.—
Caitlin Grady,
The Conversation,
19 May 2026
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Closures, or partial shutdowns, have been forced on factories in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran because of damage to equipment or shortages of raw material, especially alumina, the essential feedstock for metal production.—
Tim Treadgold,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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As previously reported by the Daily News, some Greenpoint merchants say the service outages — coming after long G train shutdowns in 2025 and 2024 — will hurt their bottom lines.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
26 May 2026
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Temporary cessations of hostility, but no permanent closing of the moral and social divide between debtor and creditor, and no giving up on the thought that some lives matter more than others.—
Henry Freedland,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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While not all executives support hard cutoffs between work and life, data suggest workers remain committed to setting limits.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
26 May 2026
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That poor performance was largely due to data collection cutoffs, the district argued last year.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
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No end time for the shutoffs has been announced.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
18 May 2026
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The site also includes a seven-day forecast, outage maps, preparation tips and information about community resource centers that PG&E opens during shutoffs.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
16 May 2026
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Details for the kit included a structured corset, crafted from her competition garments and designed with snap closures for a versatile look and feel.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
26 May 2026
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This year, dozens of Bay Area school districts have announced layoffs, budget cuts or school closures in an effort to repair gaping budget deficits ranging from $6 million to over $100 million.—
Molly Gibbs,
Mercury News,
26 May 2026
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On top of production stoppages and revenue losses, organizations must contend with remediation costs, penalties and compounding financial losses.—
Jaushin Lee,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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Riley went all six innings of a game called short by umpires due to two weather stoppages.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
20 May 2026
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Together, the two cases stem from a turbulent stretch for county leadership marked by abrupt terminations, shifting majorities on the county commission and accusations from commissioners themselves that personnel decisions were politically motivated.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
19 May 2026
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All three of those reasons for CEO terminations describe leaders who couldn't commit, make tough calls, or grapple with the ambiguity inherent in most executive decisions.—
Mark Murphy,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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“Phaseouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phaseouts. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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