BROWNOUT Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

brownout

noun

Definition of brownout

as in blackout

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Recent Examples of brownout Yet, concerns about the impacts of data centers on the electrical grid and local resources, leading to possible blackouts or brownouts, have started to cause community pushback. — Sheila Rohra, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 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 See All Example Sentences for brownout

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Noun

The environment of wartime New York rings out silently but urgently from Nighthawks; as a temple of fluorescent light persisting through the infernal darkness, Hopper’s diner figuratively and symbolically resists the blackouts imposed upon the city.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Cubans have protested the constant blackouts and their poor living conditions throughout the year, but the protests have remained contained, and the government crackdown that usually follows has deterred many from joining in.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026