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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
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.
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Connor Letourneau,
San Francisco Chronicle,
6 Feb. 2025
Combined, the two brownouts will save roughly $5 million.
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Shomik Mukherjee,
The Mercury News,
3 Jan. 2025
In areas where our UDC system has been deployed, the grid operator instead institutes a brownout, cutting power by 90 percent.
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IEEE Spectrum,
31 Jan. 2017
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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
Combined, the two brownouts will save roughly $5 million.
—
Shomik Mukherjee,
The Mercury News,
3 Jan. 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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Instead, opt for the MzooLuxury Sleep Eye Mask, which offers a little more wiggle room for your lashes while creating an instant blackout curtain between you and a sunlit plane cabin or hotel room.
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Adriana Inthamoussu, born in the 1970s, remembers the blackouts in Uruguay’s past.
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The Meridian resident was considered a fugitive after allegedly fleeing a traffic stop in Eagle just after midnight on May 7, after being clocked at speeds of faster than 80 mph on Chinden Road, the release said.
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South Adams Fire Commerce City police say the incident happened just before midnight on Friday.
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“Brownout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brownout. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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