cascade
Example Sentences
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Ras inhibitors block a small protein that sits inside the cell membrane and acts as an on/off switch, setting off a signaling cascade that can make a cell grow or divide.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
Corporate security leaders will need to “prepare to respond to more incidents”—and worry about how their employees will even deal with this sudden cascade of security concerns.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 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
The finished sauce should ribbon off a spoon in a soft cascade.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026
She had the longest hair I’d ever seen, a cascade the color of field mice that fell to her knees when she took it out of its tight bun.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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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