downtime

Example Sentences

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

From Science Daily • May 29, 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

One of his lawyers has been moonlighting as a clown in his downtime, according to Business Insider.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

“Beyond simply a cost impact on metals production, this could see metals producers starting to cut back on output or take maintenance downtime in coming months,” the economists write.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Still reeling from my experience on the gallery, I was mainly relieved to have some downtime, but the others were on edge and found the lack of activity excruciating.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover