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Recent Examples of brownout
The fire department will modify deployment models, consider temporary brownouts and change overtime availability, spokesman Capt. Justin Sylvia wrote in a statement.
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Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 26 Feb. 2026
The issue of grid reliability and security becomes more pressing—utilities are worried about outages and brownouts, which used to be a summer cooling-season problem but could now occur in winter too.
—Michaila Byrne, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
But even though the recent closures might most directly affect Fire Station 21, all 26 of Oakland’s fire stations feel the ripple effect of each brownout.
—Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2025
In areas where our UDC system has been deployed, the grid operator instead institutes a brownout, cutting power by 90 percent.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2017
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Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 26 Feb. 2026
The issue of grid reliability and security becomes more pressing—utilities are worried about outages and brownouts, which used to be a summer cooling-season problem but could now occur in winter too.
—Michaila Byrne, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
But even though the recent closures might most directly affect Fire Station 21, all 26 of Oakland’s fire stations feel the ripple effect of each brownout.
—Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2025
In areas where our UDC system has been deployed, the grid operator instead institutes a brownout, cutting power by 90 percent.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brownout
Noun
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The plan is a direct result of South Africa’s crippling electricity crisis, which peaked between 2023 and 2023 when record-breaking rolling blackouts threatened economic collapse.—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
15 June 2026
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But the regime has also mismanaged the economy for decades and worsened its wartime crisis with policies like an internet blackout that put more people out of work.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
15 June 2026
Noun
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Worry crept in after midnight for Vincent Tijerina.—
Tanya Babbar,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 June 2026
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Beginning July 1, teens need to be off the streets by midnight.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
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“Brownout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brownout. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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