sunsetting

/ (ˈsʌnˌsɛtɪŋ) /

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noun

mainly US and Canadian the act or an instance of applying a sunset clause

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Words nearby sunsetting

sunseeker, sunset, sunset clause, sunset law, Sunset State, sunsetting, sunshade, sunshine, sunshine law, Sunshine State, sunsick

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Example sentences from the Web for sunsetting

But the Federal Renewable Electricity Production Tax Credit is in danger of sunsetting at the end of this year.
Mitt Romney's Iowa Problem|Daniel Gross|November 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Its shady bowers and pleasant walks made it a delightful place of resort,—especially toward the time of sunsetting.
Charles Duran|The Author of The Waldos
And they rode all that day, and about the time of the sunsetting came to the side of a lake, where was a great dun.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI|Robert Louis Stevenson
Bum-boats selling goods before sunrising and after sunsetting are very hardly dealt with.
Rivers of Great Britain. The Thames, from Source to Sea.|Anonymous

The boy promised that he would be sure to meet him at the place about sunsetting.
The Haunters & The Haunted|Various
No matter what the anguish that it cost thee, from sunrise to sunsetting thou hast held Despair at bay.
The Jester's Sword|Annie Fellows Johnston

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