downtime
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The company has taken steps to expand global production capacity, making AI infrastructure faster to deploy and reducing downtime.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
However, charging takes much longer than filling a tank, creating costs associated with the truck’s downtime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Beijing pared back the schedule and insisted on private downtime for China’s 73-year-old leader.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
But the combat happens in short spurts, allowing a fair amount of downtime for recuperation, conversation and enjoyment of the sport.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
He sat low beneath a plywood gunnel a navy crew had jury- rigged during downtime in Noumea.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
“We’re going to see a traffic jam of patch releases and system downtimes as companies try to apply these patches.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
Greg Becker, SVB’s chief executive, was given to enthusiastic pronouncements on the prospects of start-ups and tech firms, even in recent downtimes.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2023
But toy sales tend to be resilient in downtimes because parents do not want to disappoint their children, said Linda Bolton Weiser, an analyst with D.A.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2022
Since March 14, production has been at a standstill at its truck plants in Munich and Krakow, and it has seen significant production downtimes in Nuremberg, Salzgitter and Wittlich, MAN said.
From Reuters ● Mar. 30, 2022
He’s shorthanded because only three of the 12 servers he laid off during the downtimes have returned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2021
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