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outage
[ou-tij]
noun
an interruption or failure in the supply of power, especially electricity.
the period during which power is lost.
a two-hour outage on the East Coast.
a stoppage in the functioning of a machine or mechanism due to a failure in the supply of power or electricity.
the quantity of goods lost or lacking from a shipment.
Aeronautics.the amount of fuel used during a flight.
outage
/ ˈʊɪ /
noun
a quantity of goods missing or lost after storage or shipment
a period of power failure, machine stoppage, etc
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An attempted — and unsuccessful — copper theft in Van Nuys caused a widespread internet outage Sunday affecting swaths of Los Angeles and Ventura counties, a Spectrum spokesman confirmed to The Times.
It was Sánchez's first appearance answering media questions since a national power outage that hit Spain in April.
This is the latest in a long line of banking outages.
Lightning and rain resulted in a 75-minute delay, and two brief power outages lasting less than a minute each, turned Devon Park dark in the first inning.
Attempts to tell Heathrow airport's sleeping chief executive that the airport had been closed because of a power outage failed because his bedside phone was on silent, an inquiry has found.
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