as in winter
a period of often involuntary inactivity or idleness
a knee operation that could result in months of downtime for the ski racer
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Recent Examples of downtime
Charging is now up to two times faster, ensuring the watch is ready to go with less downtime.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Sleep is often treated as downtime, a passive break between the real business of being awake.
—New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2025
The winger spent time with family and took up new sports in golf and padel during his downtime.
—Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
General Motors' Spring Hill Assembly plant in Tennessee is planning several weeks of downtime in the coming months, according to a memo obtained by the Detroit Free Press, part of the USA TODAY Network.
—Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Sleep is often treated as downtime, a passive break between the real business of being awake.
—New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2025
The winger spent time with family and took up new sports in golf and padel during his downtime.
—Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
General Motors' Spring Hill Assembly plant in Tennessee is planning several weeks of downtime in the coming months, according to a memo obtained by the Detroit Free Press, part of the USA TODAY Network.
—Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downtime
Noun
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The best-selling fall and winter candles are made of a new wax blend that’s housed in the brand’s signature large jars with fresh packaging.—
Melody Kazel,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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The first time our columnist walked into The Courier Journal building was sometime in 1967 for a winter fashion photo shoot.—
Ray Padilla,
The Courier-Journal,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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So while cells in a younger person (that were continuously exposed to estrogen prior to HRT) might benefit from a fresh influx of estrogen, ones that had a break from that estrogen bath might react negatively to it.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
15 Sep. 2025
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Midday daylight breaks help sustain energy, while dim, warmer light in the evening primes the mind for recovery.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Downtime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downtime. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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