downtime

Example Sentences

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It’s the latest concept from a husband-and-wife team on a mission to amp up airport downtime.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Chronic fatigue has become increasingly common in modern life as people juggle heavier workloads and less downtime.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

False alarms would result in unnecessary downtime, while the machine is reset.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

While the industry’s “gold standard” is 99.999% uptime — known as “five nines,” which translates to just five minutes of downtime per year — Anthropic’s core services have recently hovered around 99.1%.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

Krogh was hoping to have some downtime that afternoon, but John Ehrlichman’s secretary found him and told him Ehrlichman wanted to see him as soon as was convenient.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin