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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Florido cited a childhood experience during Manila’s frequent power outages as inspiration, recalling watching teenage girls perform a mirror ritual that ended when all their candles extinguished simultaneously.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Dec. 2025
Cloud point-of-sale systems, online ordering, digital marketing, and remote collaboration are now the default, which means any outage or cyber incident can shut down revenue in minutes.
—Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2025
The outage comes days after OpenAI disclosed a security breach at Mixpanel one of OpenAI’s data analytics providers.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2025
Last week, Energy Minister Daryl Vaz at a press conference said the government was working with the Jamaica Public Service to address the ongoing power outages.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 Dec. 2025
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Dec. 2025
Cloud point-of-sale systems, online ordering, digital marketing, and remote collaboration are now the default, which means any outage or cyber incident can shut down revenue in minutes.
—Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2025
The outage comes days after OpenAI disclosed a security breach at Mixpanel one of OpenAI’s data analytics providers.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2025
Last week, Energy Minister Daryl Vaz at a press conference said the government was working with the Jamaica Public Service to address the ongoing power outages.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 Dec. 2025
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“Outage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outage. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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