fallback
Example Sentences
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Theoretical models have long suggested that this fallback can turn the neutron star into a black hole.
From Science Daily
The authors argue that scavenging was not an occasional fallback, but a core survival strategy repeated throughout human evolutionary history.
From Science Daily
Yet that’s more of a long-term story, he said, adding that the recent spike and fallback in silver prices looked more typical of short covering in futures and options markets.
From MarketWatch
The trick is building a little wiggle room in your budget for them—so that a fallback meal feels like a relief, not a splurge.
From Salon
It can also act as a fallback repair option for double-strand breaks.
From Science Daily
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