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sunset
[ suhn-set ]
/ ËsÊnËsÉt /
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noun
adjective
(of an industry, technology, etc.) old; declining: sunset industries.
of, relating to, or characteristic of a sunset law: to add sunset restrictions to a bill.
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sunroof, sunroom, sunscald, sunscreen, sunseeker, sunset, sunset clause, sunset law, Sunset State, sunsetting, sunshade
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British Dictionary definitions for sunset
sunset
/ (ËsÊnËsÉt) /
noun
the daily disappearance of the sun below the horizon
the atmospheric phenomena accompanying this disappearance
Also called: sundown the time at which the sun sets at a particular locality
the final stage or closing period, as of a person's life
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