domino
Example Sentences
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That letter had caused a domino effect of events that pitted Regan against me in a simulation test that just so happened to also be testing for compatibility for the partner program.
From Literature
The selloff may have been exacerbated by a domino effect of investors trying to front-run selling their shares, in Gastwirth’s opinion.
From MarketWatch
Objects like dominos and leaves, which figure into the history of Caribbean imperialism, are fashioned from steel and wood.
From Los Angeles Times
There is also a domino effect to estrangements.
"They're building a pipeline for the future, and they do not want this to be the first domino," she said, adding that they do not have a "huge incentive" to "perfectly" comply with the ban.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
