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fallback

[fawl-bak] / ˈfɔlˌbæk /


NOUN
replacement
Synonyms


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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

More sponsors are considering taking their portfolio companies public, an exit route that is often a fallback option.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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 officer’s job was to insist—though, as a fallback position, an experienced officer might simply see whether the fourth inmate in line would take the seat.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

By now, though, many have exhausted those fallbacks and fallen into debt.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2023

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

Her fallbacks, Target and Walmart, were no better.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2020

If Smoak bombs out, well, they would have Montero and Jaso as fallbacks at first.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2012




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