cascade

Example Sentences

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If they do, she said: "It will start to cascade into other prices such as food, agriculture, industrial commodities and that's just going to really bleed into inflation."

From BBC

“Indirect alignment among U.S. adversaries — even without a formal alliance — would create a cascading effect.”

From Los Angeles Times

The report also is more lagged than usual, because last fall’s government shutdown has caused cascading delays in the Bureau of Economic Analysis’s publication calendar.

From The Wall Street Journal

“When stocks are blasting skyward, even the most steadfast can be sucked into the updraft. When they are cascading downward, keeping one’s cool is almost impossible.”

From MarketWatch

The whole stack cascaded down to the carpet, skidding toward the wall.

From Literature