phase out

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At last year’s COP30 in Brazil, about 80 countries backed a road map to phase out oil, gas and coal, but it was dropped from the final document for lack of consensus, angering many delegates.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

Benesh says the date that most Big Food companies are planning to phase out certain dyes isn’t a coincidence.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

The Dreamliners will help Delta phase out older Boeing 767-400s, which already have premium seats taking up more than a third of their cabins.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

For married couples, the extra tax relief from the larger standard deduction would begin to phase out after $92,000 and would stop at $161,000.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

When AI Lab administrators elected to phase out the lab's powerful PDP-10 machine in the early 1980s, the operating system that hackers once likened to a vibrant city became an instant ghost town.

From Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software by Williams, Sam