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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Bus schedules and start times are being pushed back because the outage is affecting radio communications, refueling and other services for buses, according to the district.
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Enquirer Staff, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2025
For decades, tenants have complained about unsanitary or dangerous conditions, including mold, rodents, and heat and hot water outages.
—Holly Yan, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Information about additional outages was not available.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
External power to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, has been cut for more than four days in a record outage at the six-reactor facility on the front line of the war, Greenpeace Ukraine warned Saturday.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2025
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Enquirer Staff, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2025
For decades, tenants have complained about unsanitary or dangerous conditions, including mold, rodents, and heat and hot water outages.
—Holly Yan, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Information about additional outages was not available.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
External power to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, has been cut for more than four days in a record outage at the six-reactor facility on the front line of the war, Greenpeace Ukraine warned Saturday.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Outage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outage. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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