downtime
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In Fort Lauderdale, that downtime was spent cycling in and around their luxurious beach hotel and playing a high-end golf course - the PGA National - before a thunderstorm cut the round short.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Even if infrastructure was developed, the time it takes to charge an electric tractor is too long for most farmers who can’t have downtime during busy seasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
It’s the latest concept from a husband-and-wife team on a mission to amp up airport downtime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Chronic fatigue has become increasingly common in modern life as people juggle heavier workloads and less downtime.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026
He sat low beneath a plywood gunnel a navy crew had jury- rigged during downtime in Noumea.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
“We’re going to see a traffic jam of patch releases and system downtimes as companies try to apply these patches.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
Greg Becker, SVB’s chief executive, was given to enthusiastic pronouncements on the prospects of start-ups and tech firms, even in recent downtimes.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2023
This assumed that global demand would remain high for the remainder of 2022, the statement cautioned, adding it did not expect major production downtimes due to the unavailability of gas in Europe or missing parts.
From Reuters ● Nov. 11, 2022
But toy sales tend to be resilient in downtimes because parents do not want to disappoint their children, said Linda Bolton Weiser, an analyst with D.A.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2022
He’s shorthanded because only three of the 12 servers he laid off during the downtimes have returned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2021
