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domino effect

noun as in cumulative effect from one event setting off a chain of events

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At least 29 retailers in the US filed for bankruptcy in 2020, some of them for the second time, causing commercial real estate to suffer a domino effect from unpaid rents and store closures.

From Quartz

Gavin Newsom set off a domino effect at the tail end of 2020.

These steps toward separation could have ripple effects on the media companies distributing programming and generating revenue across the platforms, creating a domino effect of winners and losers.

From Digiday

In response, property owners along the southern part of Lanikai began installing seawalls to protect their homes, setting off a domino effect of beach loss down the coastline.

This is just one example of the domino effect that slower shipping speeds can have.

From Digiday

The lack of food can also domino effect into peace and security—already there have been reports about stolen food aid.

This first session set off a domino effect of unexpected proportions.

The former Soviet Union is witnessing an anti-gay, anti-Western, anti-civil society domino effect.

The CVS move will undoubtedly create a domino effect among other pharmacy chains.

Depending on what Wildstein has, and on whom, he might set off a domino-effect of people flipping, and then who knows.

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On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to domino effect, such as: causal sequence, cause and effect, chain of events, contagion effect, domino theory, and knock-on.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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