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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.
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Michaila Byrne, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
This can reduce the strain on the electric grid and help prevent the need for involuntary power curtailment or power brownouts, Holran notes.
—Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 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
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Michaila Byrne, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
This can reduce the strain on the electric grid and help prevent the need for involuntary power curtailment or power brownouts, Holran notes.
—Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brownout
Noun
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Vehicles must be picked up by June 7 and returned by June 21, and some blackout dates apply.—
Hannah Chubb,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Apr. 2026
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The Chernobyl disaster occurred when technicians at the power station, near Pripyat in the north of Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union, ran a test on reactor number four to simulate shutting it down during an electricity blackout.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Two parties, hosted by Queen Elizabeth and then-Prince Charles, had the festivities going until well after midnight.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
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Craving a slice of pizza, a round of tacos, something sweet or even breakfast at midnight?—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Brownout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brownout. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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