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domino effect
noun as in cumulative effect from one event setting off a chain of events
Example Sentences
“My brain is like, ‘If you don’t fall asleep, there’s going to be a domino effect.”
"It's a domino effect, it really is," he said.
And given that many of them were relatively wealthy, would their search for housing have the domino effect of pushing other renters out?
Earlier research found the culprit: The western Pacific Ocean has been warming significantly, creating an atmospheric domino effect that reaches all the way to North America.
That created a domino effect with Yamamoto, who credited Ohtani’s presence — and personal recruiting efforts — with the Dodgers as a key reason for his 12-year, $325-million signing a few weeks later.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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