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- noun Plural form of
brownout .
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Examples
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Earlier this decade Manila regularly suffered the infamous 12 hour a day "brownouts" - what we would call blackouts.
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Given the city's economic instability and higher priorities - underscored last week by the human cost of fire department "brownouts" - this is no time for Mayor Jerry Sanders to be ramrodding lopsided legacy projects that enrich billionaires.
Fore, right! 2010
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Given the city's economic instability and higher priorities - underscored last week by the human cost of fire department "brownouts" - this is no time for Mayor Jerry Sanders to be ramrodding lopsided legacy projects that enrich billionaires.
Fore, right! 2010
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Mr Ritter, who is compiling a report on the future on the web to be published later this year, has warned online surfers to expect "brownouts" - debilitating combinations of screen freezes and slow connections - in the near future.
Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009
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In parallel, the installation of meters and household controls that allow remote shutdown of “unnecessary” loads during times of high demand/low supply will get the populace used to energy cuts aka brownouts/rolling blackouts.
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The city plans to continue the so-called brownouts through the end of the year.
Red Hot Over Brownouts Nathaniel Livingston 2004
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The city plans to continue the so-called brownouts through the end of the year.
Archive 2004-09-01 Nathaniel Livingston 2004
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In New York City, the heat prompted power provider Consolidated Edison to reduce voltage in some neighborhoods in so-called brownouts.
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In New York City, the heat prompted power provider Consolidated Edison to reduce voltage in some neighborhoods in so-called brownouts.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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- "brownouts" - starting April 19, along with proposing to park one of the city's three ambulances in May.
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