downtime
Example Sentences
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It’s a big jump, but February 2025 sales data were impacted by plant downtime to upgrade equipment for an updated Model Y.
From Barron's
A plant in Athens that produces home-care products was plagued by downtime, with production idled for days, when manufacturing equipment broke because manuals were in German, French and English.
Since national defense cannot tolerate downtime, readiness spending tends to persist even when procurement ebbs.
From MarketWatch
The week in a small town in southwest Michigan included tons of downtime and one full day of meetings in the living room.
The weekend-to-work transition became less painful, too: Mondays were like an airlock between my weekend downtime and my workweek of meetings and calls.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
