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' Z1 w5 P5 U% o: rsun·set (sŭn?sĕt′)
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3 w) Y/ z: `6 b; H/ R1. The event or time of the disappearance of the upper circumferential edge of the sun as it sets below the horizon.1 a1 K5 Q5 P% \7 T3 n
2. The sky as the sun sets: a rosy sunset.8 }( O6 A7 S9 Y J
3. A decline or final phase: the sunset of an empire.
q7 g* b- S- T8 l. a4. 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.* }' w1 M M. x3 U* T
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Law Providing for an automatic expiration.
/ T2 @. i; _$ P/ x% H9 ?- f! Pv. sun·set·ted, sun·set·ting, sun·sets
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To expire on a previously established date, as a statutory provision.; o6 J9 f! F# z+ K( k C
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To provide for the expiration of (a program or agency) by means of a sunset provision.
: U7 ^" b! a# @) C+ b8 T6 t[Adj. and v., on the model of SUNSHINE (as in sunshine law).]
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