Definitions
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- noun the act or instance of a planned discontinuation
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Examples
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They called the phase-out "essential to economic growth and job creation throughout Chicago."
News - chicagotribune.com By Hal Dardick 2012
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They called the phase-out "essential to economic growth and job creation throughout Chicago."
News - chicagotribune.com By Hal Dardick 2012
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On top of that, the Obama reform plan will, via the excise tax, over-time phase-out a substantial tax subsidy for employer-provided insurance.
Matthew Yglesias » Why The Impatience on Employer-Sponsored Health Care 2010
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Articles like this only make this process more difficult and delay the phase-out of Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit tax credits.
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We would all agree with the last sentence of the post: In particular, the wide array of deductions & credits for people who do this or that, each with their own phase-out points (or not) and different levels of refundability (or not) is a mess.
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Then there's dishwasher detergent, which only recently started the phase-out of phosphates, and is still struggling with performance.
Forget greenwashing. These days it's all about greenbashing 2011
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Even though nuclear power is currently the source for 30 percent of Japan's energy, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has expressed support for a complete nuclear phase-out.
Erich Pica: Waking Up to a Nuclear Nightmare Erich Pica 2011
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Tell the EPA to phase-out the use of atrazine in the Unites States.
Andrew Wetzler: Follow the Evidence and Save the Frogs Andrew Wetzler 2011
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Even though nuclear power is currently the source for 30 percent of Japan's energy, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has expressed support for a complete nuclear phase-out.
Erich Pica: Waking Up to a Nuclear Nightmare Erich Pica 2011
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Tell the EPA to phase-out the use of atrazine in the Unites States.
Andrew Wetzler: Follow the Evidence and Save the Frogs Andrew Wetzler 2011
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