cascade
Example Sentences
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Operations leaders are trying to get ahead of looming problems and make quicker decisions about when to cancel flights, before disruptions cascade.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Jet fuel shortages have already forced European and Asian airlines to cancel flights, which could cascade into trouble for travel and regional hospitality businesses.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
After huge equity issuance in the years preceding, there was a tidal wave of IPO lock-up periods expiring that created a never-ending cascade of selling, Jones recalls.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026
The machine, a cascade of gold and silver-coloured cylinders descending through a cloud of wires, is a cryostat, a device that cools so much it slows activity even at the molecular level.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
DuShawn is standing, too, but the way his baggy pants cascade from hip to floor he looks like a question mark next to Tonni’s exclamation point.
From "The Misfits" by James Howe
Vocabulary lists containing cascade
"The Ravine," Vocabulary from the short story
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"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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