as in discontinuance
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Recent Examples of phase out
Ella Nilsen, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
The credit begins to decrease for incomes over $75,000 and is fully phased out at $80,000.
—Mike Winters, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
Michelle Fox, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
Ultimately, federal bans or more ubiquitous state laws that go beyond single-compound phaseouts are the only way to keep flame retardants out of takeout containers and other black plastic intended for use in things such as foodware and toys.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Later that year, California air regulators voted to phase out sales of new gas vehicles by 2035, the first regulation of its kind in the US.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
The credit begins to decrease for incomes over $75,000 and is fully phased out at $80,000.
—Mike Winters, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
The exemption phaseout threshold was $120,700 for single filers and $160,900 for married taxpayers filing jointly.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
Ultimately, federal bans or more ubiquitous state laws that go beyond single-compound phaseouts are the only way to keep flame retardants out of takeout containers and other black plastic intended for use in things such as foodware and toys.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for phase out
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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
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Their demands were modest, ranging from higher pay and insurance to the discontinuance of company stores.Jack Werner / Made by History, TIME, 18 June 2024
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However, according to Blaze's mother Jeanne Pepper Bernstein, the location services were turned off.Doc Louallen, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
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That was a theme in the moribund postgame clubhouse, where those brilliant blue lights had been turned off, leaving it looking sad and sparse.Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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Before raising premiums for tobacco use, employers must offer people an opportunity to quit smoking through counseling, nicotine-replacement gum or patch or other smoking cessation treatments.Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
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Some of these effects are reversed by smoking cessation.Katia Hetter, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
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Trump previously called on Republicans to act on the nation’s debt ceiling as part of a bipartisan deal that averted a government shutdown in December.Aris Folley, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
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In the final hours of the 2024 congressional session, lawmakers voted on a number of high-profile bills, including expanding Social Security and funding the government to avert a looming shutdown.Erin Spencer Sairam, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Jeffco Public Schools did not immediately respond to a request for information about Weiss’s termination.Kristina Watrobski, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2025
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Editor’s picks The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time The document contains screenshots of text messages between Abel and Nathan that are said to have been obtained through a sweep of the publicist’s company phone following her termination from Jonesworks.Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Dec. 2024
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The list tied a Midas record with 13 women investors. Investors who submitted for the Midas List Europe, our December ranking for venture capitalists based in Europe, Israel and the Middle East, are encouraged to resubmit as qualifying cutoffs for each list can vary.Alex Konrad, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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The region has now been forced to close almost all industrial companies, with the exception of food producers, following Wednesday’s cutoff of Russian gas supplies.Sam Meredith, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2025
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The work stoppage has spurred social media complaints of long lines, closures and delays from patrons on costly ski trips.Alex Harring, CNBC, 6 Jan. 2025
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When Tottenham were denied a throw-in during stoppage time, Maddison, Reguilon and Son all surrounded the referee in protest.Jay Harris, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
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Utilities in California often employ what are called public safety power shutoffs in order to reduce the risk of high winds causing power lines to fall to dry ground, potentially igniting a wildfire.Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
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For those dependent on power-reliant medical equipment, PG&E’s Medical Baseline Program offers crucial extra notifications before power shutoffs and lower energy rates.Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Phase out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phase%20out. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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