Example Sentences

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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