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# sunsetting

verb (present participle of sunset: sunset, sunsets, sunsetted or sunset, sunsetting); noun (sunsetting)

«sunsetting» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (euphemism, business jargon) ending a product, service or law, often slowly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunsetting/#m1)
2. (noun "sunset") the time when the sun goes down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunsetting/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used by tech and businesses to make shutting something down sound natural and gentle; jargon, all regions.

### Examples

- The company is sunsetting the old app next month. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunsetting/#x1)
- The law has a sunset clause, so it ends after five years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunsetting/#x2)
- We watched the sunset from the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunsetting/#x3)
- "Sunsetting" just means they are switching it off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunsetting/#x4)
- The game will be sunsetted, and players are upset. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunsetting/#x5)
- The bank is sunsetting paper statements. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunsetting/#x6)

### Note

Stands for "ending" or "shutting down". Different from watching a sunset. Past form is "sunsetted" or "sunset".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sunsetting» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunsetting/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sunsetting» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sunsetting.html) on Mova free.