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fallback

[fawl-bak] / ˈfɔlˌbæk /


NOUN
replacement
Synonyms


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As progressively less material is stripped from the star, the peak fallback rate also decreases.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

“Without Congress, failed professionals will continue to use college sports as a fallback option — robbing the next class of young athletes of college scholarships,” he said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

Why this fallback to current convention, when the rest of the experience is about radical reinvention?

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2026

That means when fertilizer prices jump, corn becomes the more expensive bet and soybeans the cheaper fallback.

From Barron's Mar. 31, 2026

I don’t remember my fallback career, but I got the lumberjack, too.

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher

By now, though, many have exhausted those fallbacks and fallen into debt.

From Washington Post Feb. 5, 2023

The two medications had been the the backbone of antibody treatment, and doctors were hard pressed to come up with fallbacks when they didn’t work against omicron.

From Seattle Times Feb. 10, 2022

And the usual fallbacks when stage shows are scarce — television, film, even waiting tables — are unavailable during this phase of the pandemic.

From New York Times May 7, 2020

He added that “even with the fallbacks, we are not sure we’ll have enough to get to Sunday of this week.”

From Fox News Apr. 20, 2020

Her fallbacks, Target and Walmart, were no better.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 22, 2020




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