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Today's word is phase.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phase

Phase and Faze

Phase and faze are homophones (words pronounced alike but different in meaning, derivation, or spelling) that may easily be confused. Despite the similarity in pronunciation, these words bear little semantic resemblance to one another.

Although phase can function as a verb it is found especially in combinations such as phase out, phase in, and phase into, meaning to end, begin, etc. in phases the word is most commonly encountered as a noun, in which it typically carries a meaning related to steps in a process, cycles, or stages of development (as in phases of the moon).

Faze is generally used only as a verb, and means to daunt or disconcert. It often appears in negative expressions such as it didnt faze her a bit or nothing fazes him.

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