noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
power outage
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
power
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Because of frequent power outages , we kept kerosene lamps.
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Play was delayed for two hours by a power outage .
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From retail stores to hospitals to universities, doors remained open as back-up generators kicked in almost immediately following the power outage .
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The midday power outage also caused traffic snarls as police officers directed traffic through intersections whose signals had gone dark.
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But even the best wear out after repeated power outages and gradually lose their capacity to protect your equipment.
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She could not breathe on her own enough to survive a power outage longer than a breath or two.
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He said there was no power outage .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A brief electrical outage had sapped its power.
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Because of frequent power outages, we kept kerosene lamps.
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During outages, as many as 20 have to be moved each day.
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Even a one-day outage , such as the one that occurred last June, can cost these giant companies $ 100 million.
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In recent years, the outage has been used to construct or commission major capital projects to extend the plants' capability.
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Play was delayed for two hours by a power outage .
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There is an alarm at the Mission Substation, Novak said, but it was not activated when the outage began.
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Twelve channels of the reactor were refuelled before the outage began and then the fuel route was taken out of service immediately.