sunset
7.3
A law or rule that stops automatically after a fixed time unless renewed
- adjective
- /ˈsʌnˌsɛt/
- Formal
:
de caducidad
- Now that act included a sunset clause.
Examples
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Many regulations have a sunset clause that requires them to be reviewed periodically.
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The new healthcare policy included a sunset provision that would end in five years unless renewed.
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No tax cut should ever be sunset.
Blog text (6) -
The environmental law was designed with a sunset provision to ensure its relevance over time.
Idioms
into the sunset
- Literature
12
6.0
To move toward a happy, peaceful future, often at the end of a story
Compounds
How Temporary
Surface Forms
sunset positive
Morphology
Etymology
Sunset in law comes from the same image of the sun 'going down', meaning something will 'end' at a fixed time, so a 'sunset' clause makes a law stop automatically unless it is renewed.