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sun·set (sŭn?sĕt′)
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' y9 K9 @5 `& f1. The event or time of the disappearance of the upper circumferential edge of the sun as it sets below the horizon.
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$ ^& N t& O& s& R3. A decline or final phase: the sunset of an empire.6 ?5 q! M) `- j. C4 F/ s3 ?
4. 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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Law Providing for an automatic expiration.
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v.intr.
1 v5 F/ {# H- x# fTo expire on a previously established date, as a statutory provision.) o, L1 ]9 K& Z9 A
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' X8 X$ _# g. m: lTo provide for the expiration of (a program or agency) by means of a sunset provision.; D5 K1 x3 G+ D2 N; L" y: y
[Adj. and v., on the model of SUNSHINE (as in sunshine law).]( b3 L R7 S8 D% w
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