cascade
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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
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
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
And at some point soon, Turner knew from his Wandsworth days, the single blow would become a cascade.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing cascade
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"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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