downtime
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The trick is creating that sense of abundance without requiring too much of yourself during your limited weekend downtime.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
The school’s principal, Mark Dangora, said adding more downtime is still a work in progress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
Even if infrastructure was developed, the time it takes to charge an electric tractor is too long for most farmers who can’t have downtime during busy seasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
We’ve got some downtime while the talents finish up.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
“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
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
Undersupply of semiconductors is leading to production downtimes in the car industry and many other industrial sectors.
From Reuters ● Aug. 5, 2021
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
