fallback

Example Sentences

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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

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

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

“There’s no fallback mechanism here,” Musk told investors in January.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

"We learned together! You know the fashion industry makes more from perfumes than it does from clothes? I figured it would be a good fallback skill. Here."

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda