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    sunset
    /ˈsʌnsɛt/

    noun

    • 1. the time in the evening when the sun disappears or daylight fades: "sunset was still a couple of hours away"

    adjective

    • 1. denoting a legal provision under which a programme, 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 programme, 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"

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