as in winter
a period of often involuntary inactivity or idleness
a knee operation that could result in months of downtime for the ski racer
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Recent Examples of downtime
Charging is now up to two times faster, ensuring the watch is ready to go with less downtime.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Sleep is often treated as downtime, a passive break between the real business of being awake.
—New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2025
The winger spent time with family and took up new sports in golf and padel during his downtime.
—Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
General Motors' Spring Hill Assembly plant in Tennessee is planning several weeks of downtime in the coming months, according to a memo obtained by the Detroit Free Press, part of the USA TODAY Network.
—Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Sleep is often treated as downtime, a passive break between the real business of being awake.
—New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2025
The winger spent time with family and took up new sports in golf and padel during his downtime.
—Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
General Motors' Spring Hill Assembly plant in Tennessee is planning several weeks of downtime in the coming months, according to a memo obtained by the Detroit Free Press, part of the USA TODAY Network.
—Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downtime
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American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue, and United Airlines will still to serve Tulum, but with thousands fewer seats over the course of this winter compared to winter 2024-2025.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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Maniar said the votes are especially critical heading into the fall and winter season, when diseases, particularly respiratory viruses like Covid, spread more easily.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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So while cells in a younger person (that were continuously exposed to estrogen prior to HRT) might benefit from a fresh influx of estrogen, ones that had a break from that estrogen bath might react negatively to it.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
15 Sep. 2025
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Midday daylight breaks help sustain energy, while dim, warmer light in the evening primes the mind for recovery.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Downtime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downtime. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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