How to Use brownout in a Sentence

brownout

noun
  • There were no blackouts, no brownouts.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Sometimes those spikes can ask too much of the grid and lead to brownouts or blackouts.
    — Johanna Mathieu, The Conversation, 11 June 2025
  • That puts us at serious risk of brownouts and blackouts.
    — Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Luckily, there was no talk of imminent blackouts or brownouts.
    — Randy Diamond, ExpressNews.com, 14 Aug. 2019
  • The city of Frankfurt had ordered a brownout to protect it from Allied air raids.
    — Wolf Gruner, The Conversation, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Google has taken some steps to ensure that a similar network brownout doesn’t happen again.
    — Brian Barrett, WIRED, 7 June 2019
  • This triggers chain reactions that can lead to brownouts and dangerous blackouts.
    — Shaun Walsh, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Cars will quickly overheat, and power outages and rolling brownouts are possible.
    — Tammie Souza, CBS News, 28 June 2026
  • In certain states, an overwhelming grid demand can result in power outages or brownouts.
    — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Can installing solar panels cut energy costs and prevent brownouts or blackouts?
    — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The battery supplies electricity at night and during brownouts.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2017
  • Similar spikes in demand contributed to brownouts in New York City last year.
    — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 25 June 2026
  • West Bloomfield's main library was closed after suffering a brownout on Friday evening.
    — John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 1 July 2018
  • Check whether your lodging will have reliable conditioning and whether the region has had recent power blackouts or brownouts.
    — ABC News, 8 June 2026
  • When the power goes out, the battery takes over, giving you enough time to save your work and shut down, switch to an external battery pack, or keep working through short outages and brownouts.
    — David Nield, WIRED, 9 July 2023
  • The safety forces proposed postponing recruit classes, which could mean slower response times and a return to fire department brownouts.
    — Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 10 May 2017
  • These prime venues will experience an otherworldly brownout, while the rest of Americans will see only a partial eclipse.
    — CNT, 4 Aug. 2017
  • That report also indicated Texas would see brownouts amid the most extreme situations.
    — Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 13 June 2023
  • Fortunately, the information brownout in China was at this point beginning to show signs of cracking.
    — Laurie Garrett, The New Republic, 2 Apr. 2020
  • This can reduce the strain on the electric grid and help prevent the need for involuntary power curtailment or power brownouts, Holran notes.
    — Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2025
  • This can reduce the strain on the electric grid and help prevent the need for involuntary power curtailment or power brownouts, Holran notes.
    — Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 21 June 2026
  • Now, this energy rationing and forthcoming potential blackout brownout is the direct result of the state's climate hysteria.
    — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 8 Sep. 2022
  • But even in cities, higher temperatures are straining the power grid, raising the specter of brownouts and blackouts if residents don’t manage their electricity use well.
    — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The city’s budget is completely underwater, and has to conserve resources by implementing brownouts and reductions.
    — Claire Franken, TVLine, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The city’s fire department, which also overspends its budget, saw two fire stations temporarily close, with more brownouts expected in February.
    — Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
  • These occurrences are known as rolling blackouts or brownouts (technically, a rotating outage) when power consumption is so high that customers are forced to shut down their electrical power.
    — Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Aug. 2024
  • No brownouts as the Electric Reliability Council of Texas warned could happen this summer.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Rolling brownouts — where electricity is intentionally cut to certain areas to prevent total blackouts — are becoming more likely.
    — Steve Hershey, Baltimore Sun, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Artificial intelligence power crunch Fewer renewable power plants could increase the risk of brownouts or blackouts, Smith said.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Periods of high demand, such as a prolonged heat wave, can trigger regional imbalances in electricity supply and demand, leaving consumers to contend with price spikes and blackouts or brownouts.
    — Charles Bayless and, WSJ, 4 June 2018

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