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Recent Examples of Synonyms for phasing out
turning off
Verb
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In a tropical climate, turning off the AC backfires, because the energy needed to drag the room temperature back down on return is greater than the energy saved.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026 -
Grid failure doesn’t just mean the lights turning off, Straubel said.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
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“Phasing out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phasing%20out. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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