as in discontinuance
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Recent Examples of phase out
Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 16 Jan. 2025
Workplace trainings the company is planning to phase out help ensure supervisors and staff understand their legal requirements and expected behavior toward colleagues, according to the attorneys general.
—Ray Lewis, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2025
Jen Christensen, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
In 2025 climate discourse will recenter on the message that halting global heating requires the phaseout of coal, oil, and gas.
—Genevieve Guenther, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
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Verb
Fluorescent lighting is on the decline amid expanding legislation banning or phasing out the sale of these bulbs due to their mercury content.
—Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 16 Jan. 2025
Workplace trainings the company is planning to phase out help ensure supervisors and staff understand their legal requirements and expected behavior toward colleagues, according to the attorneys general.
—Ray Lewis, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
Some of the time frames were adjusted after the government received public comment suggesting that the phaseout would take extra time in some industries.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
In 2025 climate discourse will recenter on the message that halting global heating requires the phaseout of coal, oil, and gas.
—Genevieve Guenther, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for phase out
Noun
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The court document explains that Drake met with representatives on Tuesday and Spotify, which had filed an opposition, had no objection to the withdrawal and discontinuance, while UMG, which hadn’t filed an opposition, reserved its position.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
15 Jan. 2025
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Big Think shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Services.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 June 2020
Verb
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Your first step toward healing—turn off the constant news cycle.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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Connecticut’s Medicaid payment system has been turned off.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
28 Jan. 2025
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Affected borrowers will receive notifications detailing the cessation of collection actions and any applicable redress.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Hamas’s presence in Gaza during the ceasefire is likely to play a role in the negotiations for how to extend the current ceasefire into a permanent cessation of hostilities.—
Mike Brest,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Was this accelerating viral migration part of the thinking behind the shortness in TikTok’s shutdown, notwithstanding that the platform didn’t really need to go dark and could have simply awaited the change in administration?—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Facing a shutdown, millions of the app’s users expressed disbelief, sadness, anger and defiance, with many posting farewell messages and others mock funerals; while critics have argued that this is a blow to free speech.—
Stacy Perman,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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Would that be grounds for termination as 'DEI' or 'woke'?—
John Timmer,
Ars Technica,
29 Jan. 2025
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Acting Attorney General James McHenry sent a termination letter to each official, the spokesperson confirmed Monday.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA TODAY,
27 Jan. 2025
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Launch commentator Ariane Cornell, vice president of Blue Origin’s in-space systems business unit, confirmed the loss of the booster on a livestream after the second-stage cutoff.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PCMAG,
16 Jan. 2025
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Lastly, Chicago and Illinois could be in the crosshairs of federal funding cutoffs once again should leaders obstruct deportations, as Homan has floated.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The stoppages affected more than 3,000 workers and comprised more than 50,000 strike days.—
Tobias Burns,
The Hill,
20 Jan. 2025
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Meantime, in the same time frame — the wild-card era that began after MLB’s labor stoppage canceled the 1994 World Series — baseball’s little guys have lagged their NFL counterparts by miles.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
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Another 68,000 utility customers could potentially be affected by the shutoffs, depending on the intensity of the winds.—
Christopher Cann,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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The shutoffs can last for hours and even for multiple days, in some cases.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Phase out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phase%20out. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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