downtime
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Taylor filled much of his downtime making more music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
He is also fresh-faced, because he’s filming the Alex Garland film “Elden Ring” in London during his downtime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The trick is creating that sense of abundance without requiring too much of yourself during your limited weekend downtime.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
It gave the players downtime, the chance to aclimatise and there was a sense of a culture shift among the squad from previous campaigns.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
In my rare moments of downtime, I anxiously watch the preparations for the invasions.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
“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
It intends to use the Siemens Industrial Copilot to reduce production downtimes at its plants.
From Reuters ● Oct. 31, 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
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
At 30-minute intervals, he received faxes listing production rates and downtimes at Massey’s various mines.
From Washington Post ● May 22, 2018
