Explore Shutoffs through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Shutoffs meaning
plural of shutoff
Using Shutoffs
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of shutoff
- In the example corpus, shutoffs often appears in combinations such as: power shutoffs, water shutoffs, safety shutoffs.
Context around Shutoffs
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 15 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shutoffs
- In this selection, "shutoffs" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, power, water, safety, affect, appeared and lucky stand out and add context to how "shutoffs" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include s proactive shutoffs are to and 40 safety shutoffs have occurred. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shutoffs" sits close to words such as abaribe, abbasids and abstentions, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shutoffs
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Could power shutoffs affect voting across the state? (8 words)
About 40 safety shutoffs have occurred since 2017. (8 words)
The California utility shutoffs don't appear to be going away. (11 words)
Increased stress on the electric grid has previously been most apparent in the summer and fall months, when wildfires have forced shutoffs to avoid lines sparking flames and during when officials have requested customers limit power use during peak times. (40 words)
Inslee also asked utilities to follow in the footsteps of others who'd already voluntarily started waiving late fees and shutoffs for customers who can't pay, as well as offering payment plans to get them back on track. (39 words)
The safety shutoffs were expected to begin as early as Sunday morning and last into Tuesday, affecting 466,000 homes and businesses, or more than 1 million residents, assuming between two and three people per home or business customer. (39 words)
Could power shutoffs affect voting across the state? (8 words)
Example sentences (20)
Increased stress on the electric grid has previously been most apparent in the summer and fall months, when wildfires have forced shutoffs to avoid lines sparking flames and during when officials have requested customers limit power use during peak times.
Multiple sinkholes in Alameda led to water shutoffs and road closures, affecting dozens of residents in the area.
Could power shutoffs affect voting across the state?
Now, I figure it’s planned “auto shutoffs” if it’s windy or dangerous weather.
Senator Stephanie Chang has put forward a bill aimed at stopping water shutoffs by introducing the Michigan Water Affordability Program and several other lawmakers already showed their open support.
About 40 safety shutoffs have occurred since 2017.
Fontana is frequently windy, Warren added, and despite past shutoffs, they have not seen any fires.
Inslee also asked utilities to follow in the footsteps of others who'd already voluntarily started waiving late fees and shutoffs for customers who can't pay, as well as offering payment plans to get them back on track.
Its website detailing the locations of power shutoffs appeared to be working Tuesday, unlike last year when it crashed repeatedly.
Large swaths of the state’s power grid were de-energized for days during those shutoffs.
Pacific Gas and Electric is telling people to get ready for Public Safety Power Shutoffs, but promising this year won’t be as bad.
PG&E often allocates blocks that contain critical facilities to block 50, putting them last in line for shutoffs, lucky for people who also live in that block.
The California utility shutoffs don't appear to be going away.
The safety shutoffs were expected to begin as early as Sunday morning and last into Tuesday, affecting 466,000 homes and businesses, or more than 1 million residents, assuming between two and three people per home or business customer.
These outages are not Public Safety Power Shutoffs, which are called during specific high fire-threat conditions.
The utility also announced, that at 8 a.m. it will open 10 Community Resource Centers at local libraries or community centers to provide support to those affected by Public Safety Power Shutoffs.
But by Wednesday afternoon, weather had improved, allowing the utility to twice decrease the scope of its preemptive shutoffs.
Experts say it’s hard to know what might have happened had the power stayed on, or if Pacific Gas & Electric’s proactive shutoffs are to thank for California’s mild fire season this year.
Experts say it’s hard to know what might have happened had the power stayed on, or if the utility’s proactive shutoffs are to thank for California’s mild fire season this year.
Gavin Newsom has been highly critical of the investor-owned public utility and the shutoffs, calling the impact “unacceptable”.
Common combinations with shutoffs
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: