How to Use phase down in a Sentence

phase down

verb
  • The deal does not require countries to phase out or phase down the use of fossil fuels.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The clean energy incentives are set to phase down over the next couple of years.
    — Abby Smith, Washington Examiner, 13 May 2020
  • The deal lacked any agreement to phase down the unbated use of fossil fuels.
    — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Broadleaf had been waiting for Monrovia to phase down its use of the property.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Those tariffs are then gradually phased down in the second and third years.
    — Ana Swanson and Brad Plumer, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Xi did, for the first time, say China would phase down its coal use later this decade, a step Graves welcomed.
    — Josh Siegel, Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2021
  • Since then, the percentage has been phasing down by 20 percentage points per year.
    — Adam A. Millsap, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
  • Those penalties are gradually phased down in the second and third year of the three-year tariff program.
    — Linda Qiu, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Many observers point out the final deal did not include commitments to phase down or reduce the use of fossil fuels.
    — Adjoa Adjei-Twum, CNN, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Governments agreed to phase down coal burning that didn’t also capture the carbon-dioxide emissions for storage.
    — Matthew Dalton, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Likewise, a follow-through on last year’s pledge at COP26 to phase down coal use was also absent.
    — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Getting China to phase down its coal remains one of the biggest US goals in climate talks, Kerry said.
    — Nectar Gan, CNN, 19 July 2023
  • This record comes only a year after countries agreed to phase down their use of coal at the United Nations’ climate conference in Glasgow.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The answer lies in our ability to phase down high-polluting fossil fuels as power sources, which account for over 75% of global carbon emissions.
    — Javier Cavada, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Chinese President Xi Jinping said that his country, the world’s largest emitter, would phase down coal consumption in the second half of this decade.
    — Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Wind and solar developers are asking for more time to get projects in service and still collect the full value of renewable energy tax credits that are set to begin phasing down next year.
    — Jennifer A Dlouhy, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020
  • The Italian was brought in to replace Marwood, who retained decision-making power but gradually phased down his role.
    — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Currently, wind projects must break ground by the end of 2020 to qualify for the federal credits, and the solar tax credits phase down over the next couple of years.
    — Abby Smith, Washington Examiner, 16 June 2020
  • Those are potent greenhouse gases typically used in refrigeration and cooling, and the Obama EPA had sought to phase down their use.
    — Josh Siegel, Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Although China pledged to phase down its coal use between 2026 to 2030, rising energy demand may make the plan difficult to realize.
    — Kate Hua-Ke Chi, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The capacity to burn coal for power went up in 2022 despite global promises to phase down the fuel that’s the biggest source of planet-warming gases in the atmosphere, a report Wednesday found.
    — Sibi Arasu, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The capacity to burn coal for power went up in 2022 despite global promises to phase down the fuel that's the biggest source of planet-warming gases in the atmosphere, a report Wednesday found.
    — Sibi Arasu, ajc, 6 Apr. 2023
  • After two weeks of talks in Glasgow, diplomats from almost 200 countries reached an agreement to ramp up their carbon-cutting commitments, phase down fossil fuels and increase aid to poor countries on the front lines of climate change.
    — Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2022
  • This measure, negotiated in 2016, is driving changes in the cooling energy sector by requiring nations to phase down use of HFCs.
    — Abay Yimere, The Conversation, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Finally, single people with incomes over $150,000 and married couples earning more than $300,000 will see their tip income deduction phase down.
    — Annette Nellen, The Conversation, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Belém And Beyond COP30 will test whether governments can align on phasing down fossil fuels, financing adaptation, and halting deforestation.
    — Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Under the Kigali amendment ratified in 2016, the US committed to reduce hydrofluorocarbons by about 85% before 2036, and HFA inhalers are among the hydrofluorocarbons that will probably be phased down.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025

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