intermittent
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Its initial public offering last week was a success, reflecting that geothermal energy is an always-available “baseload” power, unlike more intermittent sources such as wind and solar.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Around 500 properties in Sussex and Kent were left without water, or had intermittent supply due to "increased demand", on Monday afternoon.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Beijing sees coal as a reliable failsafe for intermittent renewable supply, particularly for after power shortages several years ago.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
But even they are unreliable: they often get destroyed or jammed, so supply deliveries have been intermittent.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Those difficulties of terrain, combined with the state of intermittent warfare that characterized relations between New Guinea bands or villages, account for traditional New Guinea’s linguistic, cultural, and political fragmentation.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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