phaseouts

noun

plural of phaseout
as in offsets

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  1. offsets
  2. shutdowns
  3. cessations
  4. cutoffs
  5. shutoffs
  6. closures
  7. stoppages
  8. terminations
Noun
  • Chinese Money Plant Chinese money plants (Pilea peperomioides) often produce offsets or baby plants, which are easy to divide and repot into their own containers.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2026
  • And this does the latter quite nicely, the classic claret and blue along with a gold trim offsets the whole thing rather well.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of offsets
Noun
  • Meanwhile, at least two diamond mines have announced permanent shutdowns in 2026.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Murphy warned that once the backlog clears, Golden Week factory shutdowns will crater demand just as capacity freed by vessels returning to the faster Suez Canal routing on the back-haul flood the market.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of shutdowns
Noun
  • 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
Definition of cessations
Noun
  • Emily Ratajkowski is more than ready to put away her cutoffs and embrace the cooler temps.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Additionally, airlines are making moves for the fall and even the winter, extending seasonal flight routes beyond their usual September cutoffs.
    — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of cutoffs
Noun
  • The audit found that the department only terminated 737 accounts over 12 years for nonpayment and had fallen short on making its targets for water shutoffs quarterly.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Ratepayers can sign up for updates about shutoffs in their area or at a specific address on the PG&E site.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of shutoffs
Noun
  • Deadline also revealed last week that channel closures are imminent, with insiders expecting BBC Three to be moved online for a second time in a decade.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The corset with visible boning and hook-and-eye closures defines the silhouette and looks perfect with the soft drape of the skirt.
    — Madeline Dangmann, Glamour, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of closures
Noun
  • There is already a feeling among many supporters that the time spent poring over marginal decisions — all those interminable stoppages for calls that are going to cause dissatisfaction, whatever the outcome — is far too much.
    — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Telemundo, for its part, went the traditional route and did not break away for sponsor messages during the mid-half stoppages.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of stoppages
Noun
  • That cut was rejected by Congress, and the policy behind the NIH grant terminations was also voided by a court.
    — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Roughly 6,000 people left the Forest Service last year through a mix of terminations and buyouts, shrinking it by about 16%, according to federal employment data reviewed by CBS News.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of terminations
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