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phase out

VERB
slowly get rid of
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The Defense Department has said two-thirds of the operations that were using Claude are using other AI models and that it wants to phase out Anthropic’s technology over time.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

Last April, the FDA announced that it would phase out petroleum-based synthetic dyes by the end of 2026.

From Salon Jun. 29, 2026

It must pass a second vote before final adoption later this summer, and would make L.A. the largest city in the United States to phase out existing oil wells.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

They have a word for it in German – kohleausstieg, which means "coal phase out".

From BBC Jun. 21, 2026

The one that could apparently phase out any electromagnetic frequency up to about a hundred thousand megacycles—including sixty-cycle power frequencies—was considered a particularly cute item.

From Anything You Can Do ... by Garrett, Randall




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