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outage

[ou-tij] / ˈaʊ tɪdʒ /


NOUN
suspension of operation
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Thames Water has repeatedly apologised for the outage and said it expects to have supplies restored by Friday.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Network Rail will face scrutiny for how its systems coped and responded to the outage.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

The outage deepens a pre-existing economic headache for Magyar, who is under pressure to reduce a fiscal deficit and boost growth after ousting long-serving premier Viktor Orbán in April.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

The power cuts have made normal life almost impossible, with each outage also meaning that water supplies trickle away and ceiling fans slow to a halt.

From Barron's Aug. 3, 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

The hospital has faced a number of maintenance problems since opening, including a series of power outages in 2003.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

The torrential downpours late Thursday triggered landslide warnings and power outages, with forecasters issuing the highest-level heavy rain warning for the Chiba region for the first time.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

Spectrum will be required to provide automatic bill credits for customers for qualifying service outages that last at least two hours.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

As the mains outages take effect, people have been queuing at water tanker trucks sent to affected regions to fill up large bottles.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

Of course, the problem with getting haircuts in the trading center was the frequent power outages that plagued the country.

From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba



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