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
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.
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for downtimes
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On average, this means warm and dry winters for us, but not always.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Crimmins said dry winters are usually warmer than average, and can also affect snowpack, water supplies and the spring fire season.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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The protests come during a federal government shutdown which has triggered layoffs, furloughs and pay withheld for federal workers, and traffic delays at some airports .—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
12 Oct. 2025
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Additional layoffs are coming, a senior administration official told USA TODAY.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
12 Oct. 2025
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But the outer layer of Mimas, Saturn's smallest major moon, has few obvious breaks.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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From sunny beaches and cultural city breaks to mountain towns framed by fall foliage, autumn offers plenty of affordable options for a spontaneous getaway.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Oct. 2025
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For instance, why did the offense experience so many extended lulls against opposing bullpens (even as, in another contradiction, its overall performance against bullpens was in line with 2024)?—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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The bursts of action punctuate these lulls and sync perfectly with the intro song, Shortchange Hero (by The Heavy).—
G Kirilloff,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Democrats, however, blasted Earle-Sears’s constant interruptions during the debate as unwieldy.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Oct. 2025
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Roughly halfway through the hour-long debate — largely characterized by frequent interruptions from Earle-Sears — Spanberger criticized Earle-Sears’ history of opposition to LGBTQ+ rights.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Downtimes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downtimes. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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