Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A gradual diminishing in intensity of an image, light, or sound to imperceptibility, especially as a transition in a visual or audio recording.
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- noun Alternative form of
fadeout .
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Examples
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A new classic with the allure of that '70s fade-out.
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 198 Phil Ramone 2011
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Will we be doing a slow fade-out, á la Zack (Eric Milligan) on Bones?
Alynda Wheat's Beat Cop: 'Law and Order' or high and mighty? | EW.com 2009
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But he's in a particularly bad way, and needs to rebound dramatically if he's not to face a fade-out as his best option, if he survives at all.
William Bradley: Mad Men: Breach One "Chinese Wall' and You Just Want to Breach Another One an Hour Later William Bradley 2010
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It seems like the sort of they-lived-happily-ever-after pairing you might find at the fade-out of a Hallmark Channel movie.
Martha Stewart And Hallmark Channel: A Match Made In TV Heaven? The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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But he's in a particularly bad way, and needs to rebound dramatically if he's not to face a fade-out as his best option, if he survives at all.
William Bradley: Mad Men : Breach One "Chinese Wall" and You Just Want To Breach Another One An Hour Later William Bradley 2010
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But he's in a particularly bad way, and needs to rebound dramatically if he's not to face a fade-out as his best option, if he survives at all.
William Bradley: Mad Men: Breach One "Chinese Wall' and You Just Want to Breach Another One an Hour Later William Bradley 2010
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"A Last Request" -- This is more of a fade-out than a proper tune, a way to ease you out the door after that emotional finale.
Michael Giltz: Music: George Michael's "Faith" And The Era Of The Blockbuster Michael Giltz 2011
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"A Last Request" -- This is more of a fade-out than a proper tune, a way to ease you out the door after that emotional finale.
Michael Giltz: Music: George Michael's "Faith" And The Era Of The Blockbuster Michael Giltz 2011
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But he's in a particularly bad way, and needs to rebound dramatically if he's not to face a fade-out as his best option, if he survives at all.
William Bradley: Mad Men: Breach One "Chinese Wall' and You Just Want to Breach Another One an Hour Later William Bradley 2010
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But he's in a particularly bad way, and needs to rebound dramatically if he's not to face a fade-out as his best option, if he survives at all.
William Bradley: Mad Men : Breach One 'Chinese Wall' and You Just Want to Breach Another One an Hour Later William Bradley 2010
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