blackout
noun
the extinguishing or concealment of all visible lights in a city, military post, etc., usually as a precaution against air raids.
blackouts
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pluralof blackout.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The fees were so steep that other pay-TV providers, including Cox, Dish Network and, for many years, DirecTV, refused to carry the Dodgers channel — leading to one of the longest blackouts in sports TV.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
This has triggered a humanitarian crisis marked by rolling blackouts, the collapse of tourism, agricultural shortages and worsened medical care.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
A band of protestors in flip-flops thrash on aluminum pans, registering their anger with the blackouts, moving quickly to avoid the police.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Herry Kabut, editor-in-chief of local publication Floresa Media, told the BBC that "each resident has set up their own evacuation post" amid blackouts, landslides and roadblocks.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
In addition to the periodic glitches and blackouts, there were times when electronic computers would spit out answers so unexpected that it wasn’t clear if the machines were up to snuff.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
