How to Use outage in a Sentence
outage
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The outage came at a bad time for both the FAA and Buttigieg.
—David Koenig, ajc, 12 Jan. 2023
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Most of the outages occurred in the eastern and northern parts of the county.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2023
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At the peak of the outages, about 4,000 customers lost power.
—Cheryl Vari, The Enquirer, 8 May 2024
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Of the total, 1,850 outages were in Monroe as of that hour.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2024
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That plus my wet hair and uniform and the power outage broke me all the way down.
—Brittney Griner, TIME, 3 May 2024
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And, if there is a power outage, the settings on the slow cooker will clear.
—Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2023
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In the first 20 hours of the outage, at least four people die at hospitals, a source tells CNN.
—CNN, 17 Nov. 2022
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Here’s a look at the factors driving outages on the island.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Nov. 2024
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There were 2,364 customers without power at the height of the outage, the website said.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 1 Feb. 2023
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The largest share of those outages — 23 percent — were in Everett, according to the map.
—Beth Treffeisen, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
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The outage began spiking around 2 p.m., the service shows.
—The Enquirer, 5 Jan. 2024
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More:How long is food good in the fridge and freezer after a power outage?
—Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 16 June 2022
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This week's outage couldn’t have been more ill-timed for Greg Watts, whose wife gave birth to a baby boy last week.
—Bracey Harris, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2022
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Hot weather has not caused rolling outages in Texas since 2006.
—Paul J. Weber, ajc, 27 June 2023
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Check in here for fresh updates on the outage and its aftermath.
—WSJ, 11 Jan. 2023
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There could also be power outages and tree damage due to the ice storm.
—Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
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Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
—Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 5 Apr. 2023
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For many in the region, power outages were the biggest problem.
—Meagan Campbell, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2023
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The cell backup battery has a long life and holds all settings, in case of a power outage.
—Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 30 Nov. 2022
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Goldman Sachs analysts said that the Nord Stream outage would cause prices to surge again.
—Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022
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Most of the areas have dealt with power outages for seven or more days since Helene hit the area.
—Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024
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Employees were aware of the power outage at Freud three days before the June storm.
—Christine MacDonald, Detroit Free Press, 22 June 2022
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The manufacturer claims that the freezer can keep foods frozen for up to two days in the event of a power outage.
—Eva Bleyer, Good Housekeeping, 1 Feb. 2023
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There have been a handful of threads on the Starlink subreddit Reddit about the outage.
—Jay Peters, The Verge, 13 Sep. 2023
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People were saying the same thing when AT&T had a nationwide outage about a month ago.
—Matt Novak / Gizmodo, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2024
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What to do if your power is out In the event of a power outage during a winter storm, don't panic.
—Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
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The latest move adds to a supply crunch already created by an outage in the US.
—Elena Mazneva, Bloomberg.com, 16 June 2022
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At the end of the day that means more shortages and more outages, and that can contribute to cancellations.
—Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2024
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The company said the outage was fully resolved at 1:28PM ET.
—Jay Peters, The Verge, 9 June 2023
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This amount can weigh down trees and power lines — causing power outages — and make travel dangerous to borderline impossible.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
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