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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
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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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
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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Amid a deep humanitarian crisis and blackouts lasting more than 20 hours a day, Cubans are taking to the streets to express their discontent with pot-banging protests and demanding freedom.—
Sarah Moreno
March 16,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2026
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Don’t skip over these $10 blackout curtains that are perfect for guest bedrooms, or this absorbent bath rug that has 48,000 five-star ratings.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Mar. 2026
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Pakistani Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said the suspension of strikes on Afghanistan would take effect at midnight Wednesday and remain in place until midnight Monday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Mar. 2026
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The pieces are all in place for a viciously enjoyable midnight action romp, which the film most certainly is when the bloodshed first begins.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Brownout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brownout. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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