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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
This can reduce the strain on the electric grid and help prevent the need for involuntary power curtailment or power brownouts, Holran notes.
—Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 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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Michaila Byrne, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
This can reduce the strain on the electric grid and help prevent the need for involuntary power curtailment or power brownouts, Holran notes.
—Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 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
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Jost then turned to how Cuba has seen blackouts due to the collapse of its power grid, as well as an oil shortage.—
William Vaillancourt,
Rolling Stone,
17 May 2026
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Any disruption could also slow financial trading and cross-border transactions between Europe and Asia, while parts of East Africa could face internet blackouts.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
17 May 2026
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In May, a group of ragtag volunteers known as the Green Mountain Boys, led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold, had launched a midnight attack on Fort Ticonderoga, on Lake Champlain, capturing British artillery.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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From million-dollar meetings to midnight diaper runs, think Kardashian-level glam meets relatable, messy modern parenting.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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“Brownout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brownout. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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