knock-on

Example Sentences

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San Francisco’s surging tech industry, which is getting a burst of new business around artificial intelligence, may even have a knock-on effect on Los Angeles-area real estate, Haze said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026

The main knock-on effect is a greater chance of teams not only advancing but winning the group before matchday three.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

That also could have knock-on effects on the economy, given the private-credit industry has become an increasingly important lender to American corporations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

Majid, a 35-year-old pharmacist in Tehran, said he was "deeply worried" by the attacks and their knock-on effects on daily life for Iranians already facing economic hardship.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

In these last two chapters we have been looking at the ways in which intellectual change has knock-on consequences.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton