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outage

[ou-tij] / ˈaʊ tɪdʒ /


NOUN
suspension of operation
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Not all Verizon customers are impacted, and reports of the outage were scattered nationally, with many concentrated in the metro areas of New York, Seattle, Los Angeles and Miami, according to the site.

From The Wall Street Journal

Klitschko said strikes on Monday night had caused the worst electrical outage the city had yet seen, and on Tuesday more than 500 residential buildings were still without power.

From BBC

The region is regularly hit with retaliatory drone strikes and was this week plunged into a massive power outage.

From Barron's

An energy crisis resulting from a shortage of natural gas starting in 2024 caused long power outages.

From The Wall Street Journal

About 1.2m people in the UK were affected by banking outages occurring on what was pay day for many in early 2025.

From BBC