fallback
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They should be required to publish their resolution sources, document fallback procedures, and monitor markets for upstream tampering and coordinated narrative attacks tied to large open positions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
Unified is exploring an idea to create regional hubs at which parents could drop off students — as a fallback for families with no other child-care options, according to sources with knowledge of the planning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
That means when fertilizer prices jump, corn becomes the more expensive bet and soybeans the cheaper fallback.
From Barron's ● Mar. 31, 2026
And, in the short term, experts say, coal remains the most readily available fallback.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026
The words “law school” escaped from my mouth, the fallback answer for many students who have no idea what they want to do with their lives.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
By now, though, many have exhausted those fallbacks and fallen into debt.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2023
Software companies know full well that almost no one reads these things, so they know they can safely stuff all the legal fallbacks they wish into their texts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2020
He added that “even with the fallbacks, we are not sure we’ll have enough to get to Sunday of this week.”
From Fox News ● Apr. 20, 2020
If Smoak bombs out, well, they would have Montero and Jaso as fallbacks at first.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2012
The fallbacks are a pair of retread Ortizes, Ramon and Russ.
From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2010
