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fallback

[fawl-bak] / ˈfɔlˌbæk /


NOUN
replacement
Synonyms


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Saleh said he ordered the establishment of a fallback command hub in a secure position to reorganize.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The more concentrated flow helps maintain a similar peak fallback rate, and therefore roughly the same predicted flare brightness.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

“Without Congress, failed professionals will continue to use college sports as a fallback option — robbing the next class of young athletes of college scholarships,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 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

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

The two medications had been the the backbone of antibody treatment, and doctors were hard pressed to come up with fallbacks when they didn’t work against omicron.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2022

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

And the usual fallbacks when stage shows are scarce — television, film, even waiting tables — are unavailable during this phase of the pandemic.

From New York Times ● May 7, 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




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