phase out
Britishverb
noun
Example Sentences
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At last year’s COP30 in Brazil, about 80 countries backed a road map to phase out oil, gas and coal, but it was dropped from the final document for lack of consensus, angering many delegates.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026
Benesh says the date that most Big Food companies are planning to phase out certain dyes isn’t a coincidence.
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026
Baseball is going to inevitably phase out the plate umpire, one of the most soulful, theatrical characters in American sports.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
For married couples, the extra tax relief from the larger standard deduction would begin to phase out after $92,000 and would stop at $161,000.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026
The one that could apparently phase out almost any electromagnetic frequency up to about a hundred thousand megacycles—including sixty-cycle power frequencies—was considered to be a particularly cute item.
From Anything You Can Do! by Garrett, Randall
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