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fallout

[fawl-out] / ˈfɔlˌaʊt /


NOUN
radioactivity
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The war in Ukraine, the fallout of the pandemic and hospitality costs are playing a part in why Long is charging what he does.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

Industrial production also rose in May, figures published earlier this week showed, suggesting German manufacturers are managing the fallout from the Iran war.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Her daughter, Caitlin, tells Aviv the story — evidence of the tragic fallout of deinstitutionalization, “a nationwide social experiment that did not go as planned.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Another sports writer, Shane Ryan, said the most direct fallout of the scandal around Trump was on the team itself.

From Barron's Jul. 7, 2026

Because its main weapon was light, the fallout could be focused to an exact radius.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

Rising prices and a volatile currency have been among the major domestic economic fallouts of Moscow's four-year offensive on Ukraine, which has seen it hit with unprecedented packages of Western sanctions.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

The trail of damage from Patterson’s pet project includes money fights, family estrangement and bitter fallouts as friends turned on each other amid efforts to debunk or defend the footage over the years.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 12, 2026

Bejarano cited recent articles by Times critic Mark Swed and New Yorker critic Alex Ross that indicted boards for some newsworthy artistic fallouts.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2024

And South Africa, hosted a successful meeting with no public fallouts.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2023

"COVID-19 fallouts are pushing low-paid workers into even harder situations with little, or no, increase in pay," said Hisashi Yamada, senior economist at Japan Research Institute.

From Reuters Oct. 22, 2021




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