fallback
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Treating that as a casual fallback plan, when they could take a reverse mortgage if need be, seems naive at best, and callous at worst.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
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
Why this fallback to current convention, when the rest of the experience is about radical reinvention?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 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
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
