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sunset
'sunset' - used as an adjective
1. of a declining industry or technology
sunset industries
2. providing for termination
a program with a sunset provision

'sunset' - used as a noun
3. the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
4. atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun
5. the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon
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  • sunrise
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    I remember a hundred lovely lakes, and recall the fragrant breath of pine and fir and cedar and poplar trees. The trail has strung upon it, as upon a thread of silk, opalescent dawns and saffron sunsets. - Click here to find out.
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    After the Krakatoa volcano eruption in 1883 in Indonesia, many people reported that, because of the dust, the sunset appeared green and the moon blue. The moon was said to appear blue for almost two years.