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sunset

sun·set

UK/ˈsʌnˌsɛt/ US/ˈsʌˌnsɛt/ fairly common
noun (3) adjective (2)

noun

1.

the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon

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2.
3.

the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon

adjective

1.

of a declining industry or technology

  • “sunset industries”
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2.

providing for termination

  • “a program with a sunset provision”
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Origin

From Middle English son-sett, Sonne set, equivalent to sun + set. In Gower's Confessio Amantis, before 1393.

Phrases

  • Harlem sunset
  • ride off into the sunset
  • Sunset Beach
  • sunset clause
  • sunset crop
  • sunset flip
  • sunset industry
  • sunset law

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