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  1. phase-outnoun

    the act or instance of a planned discontinuation

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  1. phase-out

    Phase-out refers to the gradual stoppage or discontinuation of a product, service, process, or system in a planned, step-by-step manner over a certain period of time. It often involves implementing substitution strategies or replacements as a part of the transition. This can be due to different reasons such as obsolescence, policy changes, replacement with a new version or environmental factors.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of phase-out in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of phase-out in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of phase-out in a Sentence

  1. Lisa Drayer:

    Cut back by one serving per day until you're down to one drink per day, then aim for one every other day until you can phase out soft drinks entirely.

  2. Gavin Newsom:

    These are necessary steps to strengthen oversight of oil and gas extraction as we phase out our dependence on fossil fuels and focus on clean energy sources.

  3. Emma Pinchbeck:

    Wind has become a mainstream power source for the UK, providing up to 35 % of our electricity over the weekend. Renewables have been crucial to phasing out dirty coal, the coal phase out is just the beginning of a move away from fossil fuels to low carbon living, to avoid the enormous risks of climate disruption. Last week, the Committee on Climate Change said we can only achieve net-zero emissions with a massive increase in renewables.

  4. Joe Vukovich:

    We are long overdue to phase out inefficient old-fashioned light bulbs as this progress was illegally delayed by the President Donald Trump administration for more than two years, lED bulbs, which will replace the old incandescents, use one-sixth the amount of energy to deliver the same amount of light and last at least 10 times longer.

  5. John Horning:

    This is where science meets policy, we realized, as a society, that a particular human action was threatening this iconic species, so we began to phase out DDT and that, combined with habitat protection and even halting hunting, are the main reasons that bald eagles have done so well.


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