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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This includes a weeklong winter power outage in 2019, and reports, as recently as last year, of maggots in inmates’ meals.
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Diego Lasarte, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2026
The organization even helps provide solar panels and batteries to charge phones and refrigerate medicine during power outages.
—Rajiv J. Shah, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2026
In May, a new fiberoptic cable went online between Philadelphia and New York to improve telecommunications at the air traffic control facility that handles flights arriving and departing Newark Liberty International Airport, after a series of outages last year led to major delays.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
Widespread power outages are expected.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
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Diego Lasarte, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2026
The organization even helps provide solar panels and batteries to charge phones and refrigerate medicine during power outages.
—Rajiv J. Shah, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2026
In May, a new fiberoptic cable went online between Philadelphia and New York to improve telecommunications at the air traffic control facility that handles flights arriving and departing Newark Liberty International Airport, after a series of outages last year led to major delays.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
Widespread power outages are expected.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Outage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outage. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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