Definition of "phasing" []

• Present participle of phase. (verb)
• Movement through phases; arrangement of a sequence or cycle. (noun)

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• "His intention was always to resist temptation, although the phrase phasing out he had abandoned."
• "President Obama's ambitious plan to begin phasing out nuclear weapons has run up against powerful resistance from officials in the Pentagon and other U.S. agencies, posing a threat to one of his most important foreign policy initiatives."
• "Basically the bill said localities could not purchase any new electronic machines, forcing them to begin phasing the machines out and returning to a paper ballot system."