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   Sun·set

   /ˈsənˌset/

   

   noun

   • 1. the time in the evening when the sun disappears or daylight fades: "sunset was still a couple of hours away"
   • ▪ the colors and light visible in the sky on an occasion of the sun's disappearance in the evening, considered as a view or spectacle: "a blue and gold sunset"
   • ▪ a period of decline, especially the last years of a person's life: "the sunset of his life"

   adjective

   • 1. denoting a legal provision under which a program, agency, regulation, etc., is automatically terminated at the end of a fixed period unless renewed by legislative action: "the bill will have a two-year sunset clause, so the decision will need to be revisited after the next election"

   verb

   • 1. (of a program, agency, regulation, etc.) expire or be terminated automatically at the end of a fixed period unless renewed by legislative action: North American "the tax cut will sunset after three years unless lawmakers extend it"
   • ▪ subject (a program, agency, regulation, etc.) to a legal provision under which it is terminated automatically at the end of a fixed period unless renewed by legislative action: North American "the commerce secretary has put forward a proposal to sunset the trade agreement every five years"
   • ▪ discontinue or terminate (a product or service): North American "the wireless service providers that operate these networks are sunsetting them"

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