How To Use Brownout In A Sentence
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Ms. Miller's imprisonment for civil contempt of court was less a perfect storm — to use one of the press 'hoarier clichés to characterize a grim convergence of unpleasant events — as it was a brownout, a distressing midsummer sign that a full power outage is on its way.
The Great D.C. Plame-Out, Or: Novak, Lord of the Journo-Flies
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Other situations affecting power quality are transients or spikes, surges or over-voltages, noise and sags or brownouts.
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The helicopters landing in what are called brownout conditions, meaning the dust on the desert floor rises up and engulfs the helicopter.
CNN Transcript Mar 29, 2003
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Both of those helicopters experiencing what are called brownout conditions, meaning the pilots couldn't see the ground because of all the dust flying in the air as they landed.
CNN Transcript Mar 29, 2003
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A brownout is a service reduction, plain and simple," Bill Gault, president of Local 22, said Tuesday.
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It can protect your equipment from hazardous brownouts that occur when electric companies reduce voltage during periods of peak demand.
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Earlier on the day of the crash, the Sikorsky attempted to land in another spot, but dust churned up by its rotors caused a "brownout" - a condition in which visibility is limited by dust or sand - and forced the helicopter to circle around before attempting another landing.
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Go out worry rain, catch the train worried about late, exam worry can't recall the answer, speech worry brownout, love worry is jilt...The pessimist seems always with all kinds of anxiety in combat.
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This has increased the cost of electricity resulting in blackouts and brownouts.
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One of the most dangerous tasks a helicopter pilot faces is landing in what's known as brownout, in which blowing sand obliterates not only the horizon but the landing spot itself.
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We are told by one official that perhaps it was an accident caused by a problem called brownout, when the helicopter rotor blades kick up dust and debris.
CNN Transcript Oct 20, 2001
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Other situations affecting power quality are transients or spikes, surges or over-voltages, noise and sags or brownouts.
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It can protect your equipment from hazardous brownouts that occur when electric companies reduce voltage during periods of peak demand.
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Crews conducted numerous tasks during this period, including environmental ‘brownout’ training, blue force tracking training, fratricide prevention and gunnery.
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During those last 29 months the Journal-American and Mirror imposed a press "brownout" on McCarthy, occasionally mentioning him in news stories but almost never in columns and editorials.
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Other situations affecting power quality are transients or spikes, surges or over-voltages, noise and sags or brownouts.
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And go ahead, laugh all you want at the humble candle-perhaps loved only by luddites and brownout victims-but "candlepower" is still the unit of choice for many measures of brightness.
Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets
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In some states, we face the possibility of brownouts or blackouts in peak load periods.
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A brownout is a small voltage reduction to conserve power, usually 2% to 8%.
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The helicopters touched down in a swirl of blinding dust, a condition pilots call a ‘brownout.’
