as in to phase out
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The reimbursement drops to 2.5% of the car’s value in a second year, and then is phased out.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
6 May 2025 -
The plan is to phase out human contractors for tasks artificial intelligence can handle.—
Jack Kelly,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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These can all be symptoms of the menopause transition, a natural process that a woman goes through as her brain and body wind down and eventually shut off the ability to reproduce.—
Andrea Kane,
CNN Money,
13 May 2025
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An 80 percent tariff, while a big drop from the current 145 percent, would still most likely shut off most trade between the countries.—
Alan Rappeport,
New York Times,
10 May 2025
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Some of them have already been effectively dismantled by DOGE, like the U.S. Institute of Peace, the site of a dramatic daylong standoff between USIP staffers and representatives of the cost-cutting initiative claiming to be new leadership.—
Stephen Fowler,
NPR,
17 May 2025
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The Celtics, even without perennial All-NBA first-teamer Jayson Tatum, dismantled the Knicks’ first unit, especially to begin the second half, when Boston ran away with victory.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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“Put aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/put%20aside. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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