dimout
Example Sentences
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For three days a delivery strike had imposed a news dimout on the biggest newspaper town in the nation, completely shutting off distribution of all Greater New York's leading dailies.*
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Last week the greatly grumbled-at East and West Coast dimout was making at least a few people happy.
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Floodlights and neon signs were doused in Cairo, blue dimout paint was smeared onto auto headlights and plate-glass windows.
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Even before the President's call for a blackout, Detroit Mayor Roman S. Gribbs had ordered a "dimout" of Christmas lighting, and has been severely criticized for it.
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The blackout, dimout, and brownout were only memories after V-E day.
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