Verb
resistance from native forces was greater than expected, and the invading army was forced to fall back
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Noun
Jain isn’t the only board member that is sounding the alarm on VTA’s lack of a fallback plan.—Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 23 May 2024 Amid mounting anxiety, there is no fallback plan — beyond trying again and again — if this negotiating round fails.—Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2024
Verb
Still, short sellers are betting that Nvidia’s stock price will fall back to earth.—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 7 June 2024 Advertisement The booster rocket, after separating from the capsule, fell back toward Earth, fired its engines as planned and completed a soft landing in the water about seven minutes into the flight.—Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for fallback
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