BROWNOUT Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

brownout

noun

Definition of brownout

as in blackout

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Recent Examples of brownout Yet, concerns about the impacts of data centers on the electrical grid and local resources, leading to possible blackouts or brownouts, have started to cause community pushback. — Sheila Rohra, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2026 The issue of grid reliability and security becomes more pressing—utilities are worried about outages and brownouts, which used to be a summer cooling-season problem but could now occur in winter too. — Michaila Byrne, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025 But even though the recent closures might most directly affect Fire Station 21, all 26 of Oakland’s fire stations feel the ripple effect of each brownout. — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2025 In areas where our UDC system has been deployed, the grid operator instead institutes a brownout, cutting power by 90 percent. — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2017 See All Example Sentences for brownout

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Noun

When the government raised fuel prices by 50% in 2019, nationwide protests quickly escalated into broader anti-government unrest and were met with a sweeping security crackdown and an internet blackout.

— Chris Lau, CNN Money, 26 July 2026
The actual effect was a global blackout of the company's most capable models, for nearly three weeks, until the government lifted the order on June 30.

— Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

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That evening, midnight-shift officers spotted the animal trotting on a residential street in the area and slowly pursued it in a patrol vehicle, some of which was shown in a short video clip the police department posted on social media Friday.

— Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 26 July 2026
The most productive viewing generally comes after midnight, when Earth’s rotation turns observers into the incoming stream of comet debris.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026