phase out
Britishverb
noun
Example Sentences
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Under the Ryder's Law bill, the city would not issue any more carriage licenses and phase out the rides over two years.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026
The analyst expects Starship to be used mostly internally, launching SpaceX’s Starlink and other satellites to orbit, and for SpaceX to phase out its Falcon 9 workhorse rocket.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 15, 2026
But with a forceful push from then-UC President Janet Napolitano, regents who had been reluctant to remove the SAT switched gears to unanimously vote to phase out testing and explore creating a UC-specific exam.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
But to meet its goal of net-zero emissions by 2050, the EU plans to gradually phase out free allocation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 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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