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In simple terms, that means less power for increasingly electricity-hungry tech and manufacturing sectors, and a growing population—meaning higher power bills for everyone, and possible shortfalls and brownouts.
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Jordan Blum, Fortune, 3 July 2025
And then there’s the megawatt of power required to drive this whole thing, which comes from huge banks of capacitors slung under the telescope to prevent a brownout on the summit every 30 seconds all night long.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 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
During past brownouts, including amid the Great Recession, the seven trucks saw their service calls more than triple, Olyer said.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
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Jordan Blum, Fortune, 3 July 2025
And then there’s the megawatt of power required to drive this whole thing, which comes from huge banks of capacitors slung under the telescope to prevent a brownout on the summit every 30 seconds all night long.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 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
During past brownouts, including amid the Great Recession, the seven trucks saw their service calls more than triple, Olyer said.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brownout
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For several days this week, cities across the Indian Ocean nation – one of Africa’s poorest – have been flooded with young protesters outraged over water shortages and rolling blackouts.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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Known by the acronym BESS, the systems can make grids more reliable and have been credited with reducing blackouts.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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But as midnight that day passed without a vote on a spending plan, lawmakers bought themselves some time with a stopgap funding plan to avert a partial government shutdown for a week.—
Clara Hendrickson,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The line also included some fans who don't typically stay up until midnight.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Brownout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brownout. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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