domino effect
Example Sentences
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The selloff may have been exacerbated by a domino effect of investors trying to front-run selling their shares, in Gastwirth’s opinion.
From MarketWatch
There is also a domino effect to estrangements.
The raid’s domino effect has raised concerns about the welfare of children in affected households.
From Los Angeles Times
Tricolor Holdings filed for bankruptcy in September, coming under a cloud of suspicion about its business practices and sparking fears of a domino effect on banks.
From MarketWatch
Understanding of tipping points has improved since the last report, its authors said, allowing for greater confidence in estimating when one might spark a domino effect of catastrophic and often irreversible disasters.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
