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Recent Examples on the Web The rise of the internet from the late 1990s has played a crucial role in how music is consumed globally, setting up a butterfly effect that inadvertently affects how musicians and artists are compensated and paid. — Tony M Fountain, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021 There are so many levels to the butterfly effect of this pandemic—not just the sickness but the emotional and mental effects. — Liam Hess, Vogue, 13 Aug. 2021 As unintended consequences go, the anthological format offered examples of the butterfly effect via new stories each month, sometimes clever and others far-fetched. — Roy Schwartz, CNN, 11 Aug. 2021 In popular culture, it's best known as the butterfly effect. — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 13 May 2021 Unlike a Hollywood script where the butterfly effect takes cascading events and neatly organizes them, real life is less precise and messy. — Rod Berger, Forbes, 4 May 2021 What would the butterfly effect be of wearing two different socks for a day, or brushing your teeth with the opposite hand? — Melissa Kirsch, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2021 Steve Ragan, a researcher at the internet company Akamai, told WIRED that password-sharing often has a butterfly effect: For example, a friend who has your Netflix password might log into your account from another computer, and forget to sign out. — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 16 Mar. 2021 Call it the butterfly effect, as applied to fiscal spending. — Fortune, 5 Mar. 2021

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“Butterfly effect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/butterfly%20effect. Accessed 22 Oct. 2021.

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