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downtimes

noun

plural of downtime

as in winters

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 downtimes These trends often materialize in batch changeovers, supplier changes, line downtimes and traceability challenges. — Ihor Yurchenko, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 The average response time for phone calls dropped to 6 minutes from 30 minutes in the prior fiscal year; field office wait times decreased to 23 minutes; and removal of online service downtimes has benefited an additional 125,000 users in a single week, according to the agency's findings. — Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025

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Changes in rain and snowfall could lead to more seasons like the ones before the 2025 Eaton and Palisades fires, during which unusually wet winters fueled lots of green plant growth that then became tinder dry over eight months without rain.

— Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Where winters are mild, Crumbley also lists watering and weeding as important measures to keep the garden healthy.

— Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 16 Oct. 2026

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Unemployment claims fell to 194,000 last week, the fewest in three months and another sign that layoffs remain low and most Americans enjoy extraordinary job security.

— Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Goldman Sachs thinks the layoffs are waiting for a recession.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

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Beyond the breaks stood forests of giant kelp, each capable of growing as much as 50 centimeters a day.

— Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Some kids come into this life and catch all the breaks and start making money and going places and radiating confidence and functionality and the world opens right up to them.

— George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026

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