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fallback

[fawl-bak] / ˈfɔlˌbæk /


NOUN
replacement
Synonyms


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“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

Why this fallback to current convention, when the rest of the experience is about radical reinvention?

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2026

That means when fertilizer prices jump, corn becomes the more expensive bet and soybeans the cheaper fallback.

From Barron's Mar. 31, 2026

It then hit their fallback sites including sports arenas and recreational facilities.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 26, 2026

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

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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




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