How to Use phaseout in a Sentence

phaseout

1 of 2 noun
  • Two years ago, there were fiery debates over a phaseout of coal.
    — WIRED, 15 Nov. 2023
  • And who was in on that deal, six years ago, to begin the phaseout?
    — Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The draft does not set out a timeline for the phaseout or the exemption.
    — Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 30 May 2022
  • There are no income limits or phaseouts.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The Senate bill would give a three-year phaseout of the program.
    — Eliza Collins, USA TODAY, 24 June 2017
  • That was due in part to an earlier step in the tax credit's year-long phaseout.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 2 Apr. 2020
  • The birthdate phaseout avoids that mistake.
    — Katharine Silbaugh, STAT, 19 May 2026
  • There's phaseouts for all these benefits.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • And the deduction is subject to a phaseout.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
  • But Poland is fiercely resisting the calls for a rapid phaseout of coal.
    — CNN, 24 Sep. 2020
  • At the very least, some argue for a slower phaseout of the subsidies.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2025
  • Opposition to the phaseout does not just come from the tech sector.
    — Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 5 Jan. 2023
  • That projection was echoed in the coal phaseout signed in Scotland last week.
    — Benjamin Storrow, Scientific American, 8 Nov. 2021
  • The measure revives a 2022 phaseout that was thrown out by a judge.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
  • The budget funds the third year of a six-year car tax phaseout that will be completed in 2023.
    — Edward Fitzpatrick, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2019
  • The income tax phaseout would start in the third year and would be tied to revenue triggers so that the state would be able to balance the budget.
    — Christopher Keating, courant.com, 1 July 2018
  • The birthdate phaseout slowly chokes off the supply to tomorrow’s teenagers.
    — Katharine Silbaugh, STAT, 19 May 2026
  • The United Nations itself now calls for the phaseout of coal, oil, and methane gas.
    — Genevieve Guenther, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The phaseout takes place at a rate of 20% for each additional dollar of income.
    — Susan Tompor, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Our columnist Dan Neil explains the real reason for the sedan phaseout.
    — Gerard Baker, WSJ, 4 May 2018
  • Democrats, who control the House, proposed a slow phaseout of the moratorium.
    — Jessie Van Berkel Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 13 Mar. 2021
  • The company expects to complete the phaseout by the end of 2020.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2020
  • Attached to all the new provisions are phaseouts that begin at different income levels.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The Pentagon has initiated a six-month phaseout of Claude.
    — Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Plus, the phaseout income limits for contributing to a Roth IRA are bumped up.
    — Ashlea Ebeling, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Some beneficiaries may still receive paper checks after the phaseout date.
    — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The phaseout of the beloved 2010s lineup happened more slowly, with key members leaving in smaller waves.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2025
  • But whether the discussions can eventually translate into a concrete global phaseout plan remains to be seen.
    — Kate Hua-Ke Chi, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Meaning, as of now, there are no statewide regulations in place to prevent large-scale dumping of plastic bags already in storage once the phaseout begins.
    — Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Many new deductions have phaseouts, which reduce or eliminate the tax break entirely once income reaches a certain level.
    — Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2025

phase out

2 of 2 verb
  • Those switchboard jobs are a thing of the past now, but they weren’t phased out overnight.
    — Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 11 Mar. 2026
  • They were phased out, and we ‘no-name announcers’ were phased in.
    — Richard Wagoner, Daily News, 4 May 2026
  • Paper checks are being phased out.
    — Bailey Allen, Cape Cod Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Lead has been phased out of gasoline for cars, but is still used in some fuel types.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
  • None of this replaces the need to phase out fossil fuels.
    — Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • One of the crises on the show was the phasing out of anything that was in black-and-white.
    — Mike Sacks, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The stimulus check amount begins to phase out above these amounts.
    — Zack Friedman, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2021
  • The third-party cookie phase out has been a hot topic for more than a year.
    — Jonathan Treiber, Forbes, 21 May 2021
  • The coal-phase out was initially planned for eight years later.
    — Time, 24 May 2022
  • On that topic, what might a glide path for phasing out the credits look like?
    — Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
  • Why are big food brand phasing out synthetic dyes?
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 25 June 2026
  • The move means short-term rentals will effectively be phased out in the next five years.
    — Emily Price, PCMAG, 24 June 2024
  • If you’re already phased out, there’s no need to claim the deduction.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • This tax break phases out for higher earners.
    — Sharon Epperson, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Over the past year, Meta has moved to phase out the Quest 1 headset.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 6 May 2024
  • Best Buy is planning to phase out the sales of physical discs.
    — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 12 July 2024
  • It’s being phased out as a sports venue as a new arena nears completion.
    — Fielding Buck, Daily News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Here's a full list of the products being phased out from Walmart brands.
    — Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • John Kasich – have campaigned for years to phase out the state’s income tax.
    — Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Millen got shell-shocked, got phased out and eventually transferred out.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
  • These programs phase out, sometimes abruptly.
    — Allison Palmer updated February 20, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Europe isn’t the only place phasing out passport stamps.
    — Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Since oil, gas, and coal produce most of these, a group of countries pushed a plan to phase out fossil fuels.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 18 Dec. 2025
  • The problem is that many of my friends on the job are either not changing their roles at all or are being phased out.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Next, the state plans to eventually phase out all 126 of its trains that run on diesel.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2022
  • The grant will help the district slowly phase out items with the old imagery, like uniforms and murals.
    — Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, 4 July 2022
  • Hegseth said the military will phase out Anthropic over six months.
    — Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • In 2022, the council voted to ban new wells and phase out old ones over the next two decades.
    — Jim Newton, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2024
  • For years, Newsom blasted refiners for high gas prices and promised to phase out drilling.
    — Calmatters, Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Members had voted last year to phase out the program by 2025.
    — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022

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