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avalanche

[av-uh-lanch, -lahnch] / ˈæv əˌlæntʃ, -ˌlɑntʃ /
NOUN
falling large mass; sudden rush of large quantity
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Recent headlines about AI-related job cuts at Meta Platforms and Cisco Systems aren’t the avalanche.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

“We stand in an avalanche of forgetfulness, resisting the sway of disappearance.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

“It’s an avalanche of earnings power,” says Jeff Buchbinder, chief equity strategist at LPL Financial.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

"I'm very sad that avalanche covered the school," one child wrote, addressing the letter to a teacher they didn't know had already been killed.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

My eyelids squeezed tighter as I tried to picture the avalanche of applause drowning out Tamika’s angry tirade.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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