out of commission
Example Sentences
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NPR first reported in January that a number of toilets on the Ford were out of commission.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
Around 10% of U.S. natural gas production was temporarily knocked out of commission just as demand was spiking, noted strategists at Saxo Bank.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 26, 2026
FedEx, too, will mostly be out of commission, though its Custom Critical services will be up and running.
From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025
He’d heard about the bus shortage — roughly three-quarters of the department’s inmate transport buses were out of commission — and wondered if that kind of large-scale evacuation was really possible.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2025
I land hard on my back, knocking my avatar out of commission for several long seconds.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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