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dimout

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Definition of dimout

as in blackout

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Recent Examples of dimout In 1942 and 1943, the ball lowering was suspended due to the wartime dimout. — CNN, 15 Dec. 2021

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Noun

Outside the capital, the blackouts may last 48 hours or more before the power returns for another couple of hours.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
The package skips any form of standard or optional kitchen unit but does include a full set of blackout blinds and ventilation grilles for the front windows meant to increase airflow and cut out condensation when sleeping inside.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of blackout

Noun

Shortly before midnight, the crew beat out a fifty-acre fire that was smoldering delicately through lush green tundra.

— M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Just before midnight on the 5400 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue, police sources said a pair of unknown shooters dressed in all black and ski masks shot at the gathering from across the street, and that someone from the crowd returned fire.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

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