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rolling blackouts

rolling blackouts is the plural of rolling blackout.

Meaning of rolling blackout

Noun

rolling blackout (plural rolling blackouts)

  1. An intentional disruption of electric service to different areas in a region to conserve power.
    • Authorities in California warned that the high demand could lead later this afternoon to an emergency order for rolling blackouts, a dreaded term here that brings reminders of widespread blackouts in 2003 during an energy supply crisis.2006 July 23, Randal C. Archibold, “California Warns of Rolling Blackouts”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    rolling power outage

Questions about rolling blackouts

What is rolling blackouts the plural of?
Rolling blackouts is the plural of rolling blackout.

Words near rolling blackouts in the dictionary

  1. rolling back
  2. rolling back the years
  3. rolling backup
  4. rolling backups
  5. rolling blackout
  6. rolling blackouts
  7. rolling block
  8. rolling blocks
  9. rolling boil
  10. rolling boils
  11. rolling brownout

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