fallback

Example Sentences

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And, in the short term, experts say, coal remains the most readily available fallback.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Chait was an apparently safe fallback option — he is widely seen as well-liked, capable and loyal.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Kyiv, lacking funding and access to enough sophisticated weapons, has turned to balloons as an inexpensive fallback option that comes with an asymmetric advantage in the form of local wind patterns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

The authors argue that scavenging was not an occasional fallback, but a core survival strategy repeated throughout human evolutionary history.

From Science Daily • Jan. 19, 2026

It’s a fallback, it’s a vice, it’s an exit.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood