1
: a quantity or bulk of something lost in transportation or storage
2
a
: a failure or interruption in use or functioning
b
: a period of interruption especially of electric current
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The resulting damaging winds, catastrophic flash flooding and landslides caused widespread infrastructure damage, including power and communication outages that left hundreds of thousands of residents in the dark.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
The tech company wrote on its Azure status page that a configuration change to its Azure infrastructure caused the outage, and that its fix is being rolled out.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Seventy-five patients were transported to safety from the Black River Hospital, which experienced power outages.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
In March, an outage spanning an entire weekend locked tens of thousands of people out of Outlook and other Microsoft 365 programs.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
The tech company wrote on its Azure status page that a configuration change to its Azure infrastructure caused the outage, and that its fix is being rolled out.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Seventy-five patients were transported to safety from the Black River Hospital, which experienced power outages.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
In March, an outage spanning an entire weekend locked tens of thousands of people out of Outlook and other Microsoft 365 programs.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Outage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outage. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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