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The city’s fire department, which also overspends its budget, saw two fire stations temporarily close, with more brownouts expected in February.
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Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
Rolling brownouts — where electricity is intentionally cut to certain areas to prevent total blackouts — are becoming more likely.
—Steve Hershey, Baltimore Sun, 30 Jan. 2025
The department expects to save roughly $5 million from the two brownouts and another $10 million from an additional four temporary closures next month, part of the city’s attempt to reel in a crippling budget deficit.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
With power plants retiring, more data centers are projected to be built, and electrification growing, officials said there is the potential for rolling blackouts and brownouts if this transmission line isn’t built.
—Jessica Babb, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
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Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
Rolling brownouts — where electricity is intentionally cut to certain areas to prevent total blackouts — are becoming more likely.
—Steve Hershey, Baltimore Sun, 30 Jan. 2025
The department expects to save roughly $5 million from the two brownouts and another $10 million from an additional four temporary closures next month, part of the city’s attempt to reel in a crippling budget deficit.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
With power plants retiring, more data centers are projected to be built, and electrification growing, officials said there is the potential for rolling blackouts and brownouts if this transmission line isn’t built.
—Jessica Babb, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brownout
Noun
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The reliability of the Spanish power network has also been questioned in the wake of the nationwide blackout that left millions of people without electricity at the end of April.—
Thomas Gualtieri,
Fortune,
23 July 2025
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Hot sleepers require fans and air conditioners on full blast, breathable sheets, ice-cold mattresses, blackout curtains — the list goes on and on.—
Izzy Baskette,
People.com,
21 July 2025
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Shortly before midnight on July 11, a driver collided with a moose before three other vehicles hit the animal.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark honors fringe cinema in the streaming age with midnight movies from any moment in film history.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
25 July 2025
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“Brownout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brownout. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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