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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Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
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Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Some school districts, including Boulder Valley, have also reached out to parents to communicate about the possible outage.
—Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
The outage occurred Monday morning while the city was performing preventative maintenance at the water plant.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Dec. 2025
It came festooned with outlets everywhere, leveraging the onboard battery so drivers could run tools at a worksite, power appliances at a tailgate party and even run their house on it, using it like a generator during a power outage.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 15 Dec. 2025
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Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Some school districts, including Boulder Valley, have also reached out to parents to communicate about the possible outage.
—Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
The outage occurred Monday morning while the city was performing preventative maintenance at the water plant.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Dec. 2025
It came festooned with outlets everywhere, leveraging the onboard battery so drivers could run tools at a worksite, power appliances at a tailgate party and even run their house on it, using it like a generator during a power outage.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 15 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for outage
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“Outage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outage. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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