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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Human Rights Watch warns that the U.S. decision could trigger a regional domino effect.
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Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 19 May 2025
In a hyperconnected world, a single system failure can have domino effects.
—Dan Drogman, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
In Barrow, the closure of Debenhams and a Marks & Spencer department store seemed to sap the life out of the town center, setting off a domino effect that led to more shops closing.
—Eshe Nelson, New York Times, 12 May 2025
Within weeks of the order, the world’s largest bilateral development agency, USAID, functionally ceased to exist, and its destruction unleashed a domino effect.
—Zainab Usman, Foreign Affairs, 5 May 2025
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Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 19 May 2025
In a hyperconnected world, a single system failure can have domino effects.
—Dan Drogman, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
In Barrow, the closure of Debenhams and a Marks & Spencer department store seemed to sap the life out of the town center, setting off a domino effect that led to more shops closing.
—Eshe Nelson, New York Times, 12 May 2025
Within weeks of the order, the world’s largest bilateral development agency, USAID, functionally ceased to exist, and its destruction unleashed a domino effect.
—Zainab Usman, Foreign Affairs, 5 May 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 29 May. 2025.
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