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Recent Examples of brownout
Artificial intelligence power crunch Fewer renewable power plants could increase the risk of brownouts or blackouts, Smith said.
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Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2025
That included outages and brownouts ‒ drops in voltage that cause lights to dim and can damage electronic devices.
—Sasha Hupka, AZCentral.com, 23 July 2025
Headlines warn of possible brownouts and blackouts across Maryland, citing growing demand from data centers and surging industrial growth.
—Joanne Frederick, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 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
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Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2025
That included outages and brownouts ‒ drops in voltage that cause lights to dim and can damage electronic devices.
—Sasha Hupka, AZCentral.com, 23 July 2025
Headlines warn of possible brownouts and blackouts across Maryland, citing growing demand from data centers and surging industrial growth.
—Joanne Frederick, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brownout
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As the internet blackout in Iran appears to be easing after weeks of protests across the country, the scale of the Islamic Republic regime’s bloodiest crackdown in decades is now being made public, according to activist groups.—
Somayeh Malekian,
ABC News,
27 Jan. 2026
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All of these massacres transpired under an unprecedented internet and communications blackout.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The frigid air was a little slow to arrive, and that means for today our daily low of 5° won't be hit until just before midnight.—
Ron Smiley,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
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Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph after midnight.—
Cheryl Vari,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Brownout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brownout. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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