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Recent Examples of chain reaction
This could trigger a chain reaction: job losses or fears of layoffs would curb consumer spending, forcing businesses to cut costs, leading to more layoffs and further spending cuts.
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
The crash led to a chain reaction involving four other vehicles.
—Frank Fernandez, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
Ice-rich soil warmed, thawed and collapsed, setting off a chain reaction still unfolding today.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The crash triggered a chain reaction that damaged several cars and led Austin Hill to secure a surprise victory.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
The crash led to a chain reaction involving four other vehicles.
—Frank Fernandez, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
Ice-rich soil warmed, thawed and collapsed, setting off a chain reaction still unfolding today.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The crash triggered a chain reaction that damaged several cars and led Austin Hill to secure a surprise victory.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chain reaction
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Shot in slow motion from overhead, the sequence features a bandaged and bloodied Korda luxuriating — eating, reading, smoking — in his bath as assorted nurses and household staff flit around him as if in a ballet.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
30 May 2025
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The child starts to recognize quantities, sequences, and patterns.—
Jose Bolanos,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2025
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The Wegmans grocery chain has also improved the customer experience by using the GS1 Digital Link.—
Benjamin Claeys,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images What To Know While Walgreens operates roughly 8,500 stores nationwide, the pharmacy and drug store chain has closed about 2,000 locations over the past decade.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 June 2025
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The studio took a wellness-forward approach to their design, wanting to highlight the connection to water by creating an organic sense of flow between the outdoor and indoor areas, utilizing the same inside and out to create a gentle progression between spaces.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
25 May 2025
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This will all change later this season, as according to MLB.com, Ohtani has begun to throw sliders and curveballs in his bullpen sessions during his pitching progression.—
Hunter Mulholland,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 May 2025
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Keep putting him in trade rumors for second string centers.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 May 2025
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The police brought Mulcahy in for questioning about a string of rapes, similar to those of the Railway Killers, that had been taking place along the same canal paths.—
Sarah Beckwith,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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Outside of the eight largest cuts made by DOGE that are listed in their files, none exceed $1 billion.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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But this fact remains: Republicans may be delivering Trump his One Big Beautiful Bill Act—yes, it is actually named that—while drafting their own opposition file.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
22 May 2025
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The train tracks in the area run along a busy intersection with multiple lanes of traffic.—
Hayley Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2025
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After dinner, both trains offer live entertainment in the bar car.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
25 May 2025
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Stephen writes about the nexus of technology, science, policy, and business on and off the planet.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 May 2025
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But the real nexus of The 5th Element Pulitano says, will be deep meaning, spirituality and elevated vibes.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
20 May 2025
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For the second year in a row — and the second time at a Grand Slam event in more than 30 years — no American man makes it out of the second round. 2008 — Syracuse wins its 10th NCAA men’s lacrosse championship, beating defending champion Johns Hopkins 13-10 behind three goals from Dan Hardy.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2025
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Towns did not score in the first quarter for the second game in a row.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
26 May 2025
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“Chain reaction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chain%20reaction. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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