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fade-outs

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In the old days, writers fashioned scripts to accommodate ads with scene breaks and fade-outs.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025

He also wanted the ballad to swell into a riff and the fade-out to end all fade-outs.

From The Guardian • Aug. 21, 2018

In addition to the tremendous acting, Assayas’s direction has a novel feel, with clever fade-outs reminiscent of theater, which happen just when some bit of action is about to take place.

From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2015

No longer burdened by the need to recreate their songs onstage, they got a lot more creative with their endings, and it was during this period that they recorded some of the all-time great fade-outs.

From Slate • Sep. 14, 2014

There is unquestionably a correlation between sunspots and disturbances of the Earth's magnetic field ... radio fade-outs ... auroras ... things like that.

From Disturbing Sun by Richardson, Robert S. (Robert Shirley)