outage
Example Sentences
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"Saying we are worried, look at my face, I am worried you are going to face an outage."
From BBC • May 27, 2026
The airline struggled more than rivals after the CrowdStrike outage two summers ago crashed millions of computers around the world running Microsoft’s Windows operating system.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
It turns out, a power outage hit the area, affecting the hotel’s WiFi.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
The nationwide Canvas outage that disrupted colleges and universities during finals week forced campuses across the country to improvise as faculty and students suddenly lost access to exams, assignments, grades and other course materials.
From Salon • May 9, 2026
At first, I thought it was another annoying power outage; we’d been having them every day.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
Vocabulary lists containing outage
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