domino
Example Sentences
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As one domino falls, so may the others — those riding the crypto roller coaster are often the same ones getting action on the Sunday football slate.
From MarketWatch
Vanke, which has about $170.43 billion in assets, is set to become the latest domino to fall after the Shenzhen government abruptly reversed its position on a partial bailout of the developer.
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
“The momentum these changes would bring would itself be an ‘important domino’ in advancing other reforms.”
From Barron's
Your money-market fund will be the first domino if another liquidity crunch hits the economy.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.