Phaseout

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The action of phasing out; an incremental removal or reduction.

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"The rule would reduce manufacturing and importation of HFCs by 85% over 15 years. In 2036 alone, the final year of the phaseout, the EPA estimated that the rule would avoid emissions equivalent to one-seventh of the entire U.S. vehicle fleet."

Etymology

Deverbal from phase out.

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