fell back; fallen back; falling back; falls back
Examples of fallback in a Sentence
Verb
resistance from native forces was greater than expected, and the invading army was forced to fall back
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Susan Curtin, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Anything from nursing assistant to line cooking to low-voltage wiring or computer repair could become a fallback source of income.
—Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 19 July 2025
Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Returning to the norm could never be business as usual on Tyneside, because having stretched for the sky and found it just out of reach, their fall back to earth landed harder.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2025
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Noun
In these environments, there’s no fallback to hierarchy.
—Susan Curtin, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Anything from nursing assistant to line cooking to low-voltage wiring or computer repair could become a fallback source of income.
—Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 19 July 2025
Verb
And there’s a chance next summer’s temperatures could fall back to 2024’s scorching numbers if the A’s decide to play more day games at Sutter Health Park.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Returning to the norm could never be business as usual on Tyneside, because having stretched for the sky and found it just out of reach, their fall back to earth landed harder.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Fallback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fallback. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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