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I want a realistic ramp-down of troops, Obama said, to an equilibrium that is manageable and a better-described closure.

Obama’s Wars Bob Woodward 2010

"The high-crime neighborhoods are used to seeing more patrol cars, and they notice the ramp-down."

California Cities Cut Police Budgets 2008

The increased casualties and material damage accompanying the ramp-up of the techno war will no doubt be a financial boon to those defense contractors in the United States who now fear the economic effects of a ramp-down of their Iraq boondoggle, but it will breed even more resentment by the Afghan people and more sympathy for the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Chuck Spinney: Afghanistan: Good War or Quagmire? The Dilemma of Redeployment 2008

And we've already begun the ramp-down on that mission, that mission is winding up, those troops are coming home.

Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry ITY National Archives 1996

But as indicated earlier at the Pentagon, there is some prospect you can adjust that timetable as you see how the mission is progressing, perhaps even beginning some of the ramp-down or some of the withdrawal of forces sometime sooner.

Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry ITY National Archives 1995

SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Well, we haven't attempted to address in this plan the ramp-down issue.

Background Briefing By Senior Administration Officials ITY National Archives 1993

"This sequential decrease is primarily due to the steeper than expected ramp-down of first generation set-top box deployments incorporating our IPTV media processors while certain second generation telco rollouts were delayed unexpectedly," he said.

Forbes.com: News Eric Savitz 2011

"This sequential decrease is primarily due to the steeper than expected ramp-down of first generation set-top box deployments incorporating our IPTV media processors while certain second generation telco rollouts were delayed unexpectedly," he said.

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The Oce ColorStream 3500 inkjet printing system provides consistent high-quality printing during the ramp-up acceleration, full-production speed, and the ramp-down deceleration phases.

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"Furthermore, when you take into account the ramp-up and ramp-down times associated with a military action of this kind, this deployment would support sustained operations for only an estimated four months."

Brownsville Herald : 2010