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fallout

[fawl-out] / ˈfɔlˌaʊt /


NOUN
radioactivity
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Be sure to vote and then watch the fallout, metaphorically speaking — hopefully not literally.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2026

He has sometimes struggled to navigate the fallout.

From Slate Aug. 27, 2026

The ad has been withdrawn from online sites but the fallout continues.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

To deal with the fallout — and any misinformation out there — the family has hired a public relations team, said Tom.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

The cometary impact and fireball would simulate all effects of a one- megaton nuclear burst, including the mushroom cloud, with two exceptions: there would be no gamma radiation or radioactive fallout.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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

Few fallouts have spilled out into the open in recent years – and those that did were picked over simply because they're so rare.

From BBC Mar. 10, 2025

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

"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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