domino effect
noun
plural domino effects
: a cumulative effect produced when one event initiates a succession of similar events compare ripple effect
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This domino effect could lead China to leverage its dominance in EVs to yield innovations ahead of the West.
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Rebecca A. Fannin, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Hopefully, the project will have a domino effect in other cities in Italy.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
The domino effect of that move played out in the top of the ninth when Don Mattingly, the Dodgers’ acting manager, infamously was forced to make a bullpen change after making two trips to the mound.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025
Some experts have argued that axing that dose could set off a dangerous domino effect.
—Jamie Ducharme, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
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Rebecca A. Fannin, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Hopefully, the project will have a domino effect in other cities in Italy.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
The domino effect of that move played out in the top of the ninth when Don Mattingly, the Dodgers’ acting manager, infamously was forced to make a bullpen change after making two trips to the mound.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025
Some experts have argued that axing that dose could set off a dangerous domino effect.
—Jamie Ducharme, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for domino effect
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“Domino effect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/domino%20effect. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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