sunsetting

British

/ ˈsʌnˌsɛtɪŋ /

noun

the act or an instance of applying a sunset clause

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The company also said users would no longer be able to record meetings with the Limitless Desktop app or Limitless Web app, and that it was sunsetting its Rewind app.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

"We are also sunsetting games and moving away from development of future licensed IP that we do not believe will be successful in our changing industry," he wrote.

From BBC • Feb. 29, 2024

And now, as we had planned from the start, we’re sunsetting it.

From Slate • Dec. 22, 2023

In March, the answer came: The county stopped referring children and adults to the triage programs, a step toward sunsetting them.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2023

No matter what the anguish that it cost thee, from sunrise till sunsetting thou hast held Despair at bay.

From The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware by Barry, Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze)

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