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fallout

noun as in consequence

noun as in radioactivity

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The firm added that it would delay the release of its full-year financial results to focus on dealing with the fallout of the attack.

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The fallout of the record-long government shutdown that began last month didn’t only hit federal workers.

The fallout at the BBC was sparked by a leaked memo to the board written by a former external adviser, Michael Prescott.

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The fallout has seen two of the BBC's most senior leaders quit, the US president threaten to sue and renewed pressure on the organisation from senior politicians in the UK.

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Take the fallout after Robert Chote, then chair of the OBR, published a chart showing spending levels at their lowest since the 1930s.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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