1
: a quantity or bulk of something lost in transportation or storage
2
a
: a failure or interruption in use or functioning
b
: a period of interruption especially of electric current
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Or if a surgical robot lost access to the cloud during an internet connection outage.
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Bruce Kornfeld, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
During today's outage, some developers turned to alternative solutions.
—ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2025
This year, nine out of 13 power markets in the United States are expected to fall below a critical reliability threshold, which marks the level at which the supply of spare power is considered sufficient to avoid outages.
—Brian Deese, Foreign Affairs, 9 Sep. 2025
The other, Lorena, weakened into a tropical storm before striking western Mexico, causing power outages, floods and mudslides that swept cars away.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
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Bruce Kornfeld, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
During today's outage, some developers turned to alternative solutions.
—ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2025
This year, nine out of 13 power markets in the United States are expected to fall below a critical reliability threshold, which marks the level at which the supply of spare power is considered sufficient to avoid outages.
—Brian Deese, Foreign Affairs, 9 Sep. 2025
The other, Lorena, weakened into a tropical storm before striking western Mexico, causing power outages, floods and mudslides that swept cars away.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Outage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outage. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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