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domino effect
noun
- the cumulative effect that results when one event precipitates a series of like events.
domino effect
noun
- a series of similar or related events occurring as a direct and inevitable result of one initial event
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Word History and Origins
Origin of domino effect1
First recorded in 1965–70
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Word History and Origins
Origin of domino effect1
C20: alluding to a row of dominoes, each standing on end, all of which fall when one is pushed: originally used with reference to possible Communist takeovers of countries in SE Asia
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Example Sentences
The lack of food can also domino effect into peace and security—already there have been reports about stolen food aid.
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This first session set off a domino effect of unexpected proportions.
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The former Soviet Union is witnessing an anti-gay, anti-Western, anti-civil society domino effect.
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The CVS move will undoubtedly create a domino effect among other pharmacy chains.
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Depending on what Wildstein has, and on whom, he might set off a domino-effect of people flipping, and then who knows.
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