chain reaction
Example Sentences
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This chain reaction has even given the Federal Reserve pause about the path of inflation.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
The result was "a chain reaction crash" involving at least eight vehicles.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
When liquid MMA is exposed to heat or light, it will start a chain reaction, said Elaine Villanueva Bernal, a lecturer at Cal State Long Beach’s department of chemistry and biochemistry.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
The researchers later uncovered the biological chain reaction behind the effect.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
A reactor that is producing fewer neutrons than it is losing will eventually wind down, the chain reaction broken.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
