phaseouts

noun

plural of phaseout
as in offsets

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  1. offsets
  2. shutdowns
  3. cessations
  4. cutoffs
  5. shutoffs
  6. closures
  7. stoppages
  8. terminations
Noun
  • Chinese Money Plant Chinese money plants (Pilea peperomioides) often produce offsets or baby plants, which are easy to divide and repot into their own containers.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2026
  • And this does the latter quite nicely, the classic claret and blue along with a gold trim offsets the whole thing rather well.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of offsets
Noun
  • Those shutdowns will be required even though the TPU chips won’t be consuming nearly as much power as would be necessary for operational satellietes.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Meanwhile, at least two diamond mines have announced permanent shutdowns in 2026.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of shutdowns
Noun
  • Temporary cessations of hostility, but no permanent closing of the moral and social divide between debtor and creditor, and no giving up on the thought that some lives matter more than others.
    — Henry Freedland, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Definition of cessations
Noun
  • Emily Ratajkowski is more than ready to put away her cutoffs and embrace the cooler temps.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Additionally, airlines are making moves for the fall and even the winter, extending seasonal flight routes beyond their usual September cutoffs.
    — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of cutoffs
Noun
  • Hardy said part of the unpaid balance dates back to 2020, when Atlanta suspended water shutoffs during the COVID-19 pandemic to protect public health.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Ratepayers can sign up for updates about shutoffs in their area or at a specific address on the PG&E site.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of shutoffs
Noun
  • That included the East-West Pipeline, the main conduit Saudi Arabia has used to circumvent Iranian and American closures of the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Hooters has lost its last restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida, marking the latest longtime location to disappear as closures continue following the chain's bankruptcy restructuring.
    — Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of closures
Noun
  • There is already a feeling among many supporters that the time spent poring over marginal decisions — all those interminable stoppages for calls that are going to cause dissatisfaction, whatever the outcome — is far too much.
    — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Telemundo, for its part, went the traditional route and did not break away for sponsor messages during the mid-half stoppages.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of stoppages
Noun
  • All of this makes the recent terminations tricky for OpenAI and shows that safety disclosures are still very much at the whims of the labs.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Deadlines can therefore vary substantially even when two disputes both involve terminations.
    — William Jones, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
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