as in blackout
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Recent Examples of brownout
Called the Philippines's surf capital, Siargao is beloved by surfers who are tired of Bali and Hawaii's crowded line-ups and willing to deal with the island’s developing infrastructure — brownouts are the norm here.
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2024
It’s helped that Southern California Edison’s lines are mostly underground and that the port, deemed a vital infrastructure, is exempt from brownouts, an outage resulting from a temporary drop in voltage.
—Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
That’s placed more demand on the grid, with occasional brownouts having been reported at some ports in the East and Gulf coasts, said the Waterfront Employers’ Vogel.
—Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
These occurrences are known as rolling blackouts or brownouts (technically, a rotating outage) when power consumption is so high that customers are forced to shut down their electrical power.
—Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Aug. 2024
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2024
It’s helped that Southern California Edison’s lines are mostly underground and that the port, deemed a vital infrastructure, is exempt from brownouts, an outage resulting from a temporary drop in voltage.
—Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
That’s placed more demand on the grid, with occasional brownouts having been reported at some ports in the East and Gulf coasts, said the Waterfront Employers’ Vogel.
—Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
These occurrences are known as rolling blackouts or brownouts (technically, a rotating outage) when power consumption is so high that customers are forced to shut down their electrical power.
—Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brownout
Noun
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She was drawn by the community’s nomadic lifestyle, the village-wide celebrations and the resilience in the face of frequent blackouts, harsh winters and lacking public services.—
The Dial,
The Dial,
22 May 2025
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The boycott of Walmart, which runs from May 20 to May 26, is organized by The People's Union, the same grass-roots group that coordinated the one-day economic consumer blackout on Feb. 28.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
Noun
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Train service was delayed about 20 minutes after about 50 people blocked southbound and northbound trains at Washington Boulevard and Maple Avenue at midnight, said Jose Ubaldo, a Metro spokesperson.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2025
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The hit-and-run crash occurred shortly after midnight near Linwood Boulevard and Campbell Street in the North Hyde Park neighborhood, said Officer Alyana Gonzalez with the Kansas City Police Department.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
25 May 2025
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“Brownout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brownout. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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