PHASEOUTS Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

phaseouts

noun

plural of phaseout

as in offsets

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Noun

The article warns against complacency, noting that if these temporary offsets disappear and supply constraints persist, panic buying and momentum trading could drive prices significantly higher.

— Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
But some regions use half-hour or 45-minute offsets to better align with solar time or for the sake of national identity.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026

Definition of offsets

Noun

Early in the pandemic, many scientists and much of the public focused on community protection through shutdowns and social distancing, and then by pinning their hopes on what many hoped would be lasting protection from vaccines or prior infection.

— Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
The local construction industry was still playing catch-up from the shutdowns and supply-chain issues of 2020, so contractors were in extra high demand.

— Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of shutdowns

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Denim cutoffs can look dressy, but Markle’s cropped slacks are even more effortless, but come across much more put-together.

— Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 4 Aug. 2026
That trade-off never went away; it just became formalized over time into beam cutoffs, alignment standards, and eventually modern photometric rules that try (with mixed success) to balance visibility for the driver against glare for everyone else.

— Matthew MacConnell, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of cutoffs

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Homeowners are able to document where the shutoffs and panels are before anything breaks.

— Jennifer Castenson, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
In the meantime, the utilities are to waive any power shutoffs when temperatures are forecasted to reach 90 degrees — and also in the future should the CalHeatScore become temporarily unavailable.

— Paris Barraza, USA Today, 28 July 2026

Definition of shutoffs

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These supply-chain upheavals have mounted pressures on certain industries like aviation, where jet fuel costs have soared, and agriculture, which has dealt with shortages of key chemicals used in fertilizers as a result of Strait of Hormuz closures.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026
This was the most balanced month of restaurant openings and closings so far this year, with at least 15 new restaurants and 14 closures.

— Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of closures

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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
Underneath a sky of wildfire smoke and haze, the teams played through four hydration breaks, injury stoppages, oppressive summer heat and a patchy pitch.

— Meg Linehan, New York Times, 17 July 2026

Definition of stoppages

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Recent reporting and research on NIH grant terminations suggest that health equity work has been hit especially hard and that scientists from historically underrepresented groups have borne a disproportionate share of the damage.

— Aisha Nyandoro, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Last month, the Supreme Court reversed lower-court judgments that had postponed the administration’s TPS terminations for Haiti and Syria while litigation continued.

— Stepheny Price , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026

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