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`) H: P. T3 xsun·set (sŭn?sĕt′)
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# J' N9 p; s8 i( d0 e9 i7 R% U1. The event or time of the disappearance of the upper circumferential edge of the sun as it sets below the horizon.9 m2 ^8 ]% O& |! _0 H% C: C. d
2. The sky as the sun sets: a rosy sunset.
+ W3 V2 W8 L" L6 ]9 B3. A decline or final phase: the sunset of an empire.
9 X: X0 C8 W7 y. z& H4. Law The automatic expiration of a statutory provision on a previously established date, in the absence of reauthorization: The law's sunset was July 1.
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6 N" s( R7 O' Y. e9 I. qv. sun·set·ted, sun·set·ting, sun·sets " t/ s& ]- v7 l+ M, ^8 w; h
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To expire on a previously established date, as a statutory provision.4 R% F \" B& U0 X7 l' ~
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7 \% r" w4 Q- `+ n8 x* FTo provide for the expiration of (a program or agency) by means of a sunset provision.5 P! E/ Q' i; \6 A: L: W+ ~
[Adj. and v., on the model of SUNSHINE (as in sunshine law).]7 b) `' \& E% k5 J
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