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
  • When sales came back down to earth, Guitar Center had the wrong merchandise on hand, a problem that was hard to remedy as Chinese factory shutdowns caused supply chain chaos.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Utilities announced planned water and sewer shutdowns on Okaloosa Island and Pensacola Beach.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 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
  • The challenge is how and where to find high-quality research studies to derive interval likelihood ratios when electronic health records display only binary cutoffs as aids to interpreting test result values.
    — Amiran Baduashvili, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Its people are paying a hefty economic price thanks to damage caused by the war and Washington’s cutoffs, but much of the population has rallied around the flag and seems to accept that hardship is necessary if Iran is to defend itself.
    — Narges Bajoghli, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of cutoffs
Noun
  • Conditions could still change before the latest shutoffs begin.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Malibu residents may face power shutoffs, while coastal temperatures in the 90s bring a risk of heat illness through Saturday.
    — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of shutoffs
Noun
  • Kodiak says its autonomous system is designed to identify emergency vehicles, stopped vehicles, lane closures and accident scenes.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • There will also be partial or intermittent closures of Wyandotte Street and Baltimore Avenue through spring 2029.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of closures
Noun
  • Look at the work stoppages from the [Hollywood labor strikes] three years ago.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of stoppages
Noun
  • That implied that the effect of the subsidy terminations had slowed, in the view of market analysts at Cox Automotive.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
  • All of this makes the recent terminations tricky for OpenAI and shows that safety disclosures are still very much at the whims of the labs.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
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