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downtime

noun as in time during which an activity is stopped

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While many platforms such as the online games Roblox and Fortnite were back up and running within a few hours of the outage, some services experienced prolonged downtime.

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Later in the day, Mauldin discovered that he couldn’t send coupons to new customers, because of downtime at another vendor.

The dilemma Greene will eventually confront is that there’s no way to cast the presidency as a housewife’s hobby to be enjoyed in the downtime between dropping kids off at school and cleaning the stove.

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In her downtime, she tries to think about what else, other than acting, she loved to do as a kid.

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Big Bus Tour – If you travel like me, you have a packed itinerary with loads of fun, great food, and not a whole lot of downtime.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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