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fallout

[fawl-out] / ˈfɔlˌaʊt /


NOUN
radioactivity
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In book groups and online, women are sharing their own stories of romantic betrayal, and the financial fallout that often follows, in response to the book.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Bessent noted that other countries have taken different tacts in responding to economic fallout from the war.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

That’s as continued outperformance of rest-of-the-world stocks versus the U.S. are also hitting speed bumps, due to spiking commodity prices and global growth fallout.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

"But they will be in difficulty if the fallout of the Middle East crisis continues for a while," he says.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

The cometary impact and fireball would simulate all effects of a one- megaton nuclear burst, including the mushroom cloud, with two exceptions: there would be no gamma radiation or radioactive fallout.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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