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First, check the circuit breakers; make sure they are all ON.

Find out if any other outlets on the same breaker are working; it's always possible that a breaker is faulty.

If the breaker is on and everything else on the circuit is working, it could be as simple as a poor connection inside the outlet.

Also even though the outlet is not a GFCI, it may be fed from a GFCI outlet. Check near by outlets to see if any are GFCI and are tripped.

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