outage
Americannoun
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an interruption or failure in the supply of power, especially electricity.
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the period during which power is lost.
a two-hour outage on the East Coast.
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a stoppage in the functioning of a machine or mechanism due to a failure in the supply of power or electricity.
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the quantity of goods lost or lacking from a shipment.
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Aeronautics. the amount of fuel used during a flight.
noun
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a quantity of goods missing or lost after storage or shipment
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a period of power failure, machine stoppage, etc
Etymology
Origin of outage
Example Sentences
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In Kyiv, the government is still scrambling to respond to one of the worst and most prolonged energy outages since Russia invaded.
From Barron's
Some have linked the problems to the network outage.
From BBC
“I’m working on legislation that would require cable, internet, and phone companies to provide pro-rated refunds when outages last for hours at a time,” he said.
From MarketWatch
Verizon Communications might be giving consumers $20 for their troubles following a service outage Wednesday, but precise details on the outage’s cause remain elusive, at least for now.
From MarketWatch
It was one of the longest U.S. cellular outages ever.
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