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fallout

noun as in consequence

noun as in radioactivity

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The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index has dropped 10% from its peak in late March as investors responded to the pandemic and efforts by central bank and government officials to contain the economic fallout.

From Fortune

The change comes only weeks after Chairman Simon Thompson said Jacques had the board’s backing to handle the fallout from the company’s destruction of the ancient sites.

From Fortune

Until recently, the risks associated with failed trade talks had been in the background, overshadowed by the economic fallout of the coronavirus.

From Fortune

Over the past six months, central banks and governments have unlocked financial floodgates to deal with the economic fallout of covid-19.

Chancellor Angela Merkel warned the coronavirus crisis will get worse before it gets better and that the fallout will test Germany’s finances for months if not years to come.

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Perhaps the worst fallout from all this is that when we are gripped by fear, we usually make terrible decisions.

But in solidly Democratic Oregon, the political fallout from this revelation is likely to be limited.

But the fallout from the Panetta book will be significant over time.

Mark Fuller, on the other hand, is unlikely to see any long-term professional fallout.

The fallout of this loss of trust has had an enormous impact on the outbreak.

After Test Mike, the implications of fallout obviously were global.

The expedition made significant observations of the role of plankton in the biological utilization of ocean fallout.

The treaty was, among other things, a declaration against worldwide fallout.

Amid such changes there was arising, too, a wider apprehension concerning the possible effects of fallout.

The word “fallout” was coined to describe the deposition on the earth of radioactive debris from nuclear explosions.

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On this page you'll find 21 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fallout, such as: aftereffect, by-product, consequence, effect, outcome, and repercussion.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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