power down
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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UPDATE: The electricity provider ESB said on Tuesday afternoon that about 5,500 homes, farms and businesses were without power, down from a peak of 30,000.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026
Beard said that wheels make the bots more stable, and therefore safer to work around, and easier to power down if something goes wrong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 3, 2026
In the Republic of Ireland, there are 76,000 customers still without power, down from a peak of 768,000.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2025
Generations of workers have used caffeine to rev up their brain cells when they really want to power down in the face of yet another round of spreadsheets, meetings and now Zoom calls.
From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2024
As scientists, Mom and Dad have a scientific solution: power down my phone at night.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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