How to Use knock-on effect in a Sentence

knock-on effect

noun
  • Poor bone health is just one knock-on effect.
    George Ramsay, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The knock-on effect is structural.
    Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Disruption can have a knock-on effect for the rest of the campaign.
    Andy Jones, New York Times, 11 June 2026
  • Meanwhile, the triumph of streaming has had its own knock-on effect.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Without it, walls can have a knock-on effect that infiltrates the rest of your room.
    Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 7 June 2026
  • The knock-on effect was that, once again, people needed a way to get around on a budget.
    Alex Goy, Ars Technica, 27 May 2024
  • Then there's the knock-on effect for even lower income countries.
    Fatma Tanis, NPR, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Overall wage growth has been slowing for years – a knock-on effect from the tighter job market.
    Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The increasing price of olive oil has had a knock-on effect on other goods that use it in their recipes.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2023
  • As more gaps were plugged, others elsewhere opened up and the knock-on effect meant movement all over the pitch.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2026
  • This could also have a knock-on effect on insurance and film finance.
    K.j. Yossman, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Frimpong’s omission will have a knock-on effect for Donyell Malen.
    Carl Anka, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • There have been knock-on effects of the Saudi influence, though.
    Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • There were noticeable knock-on effects of having so few fixtures.
    Andy Mitten, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
  • This has had a knock-on effect on their ability to raise funds and spend on new acquisitions.
    Michelle F. Davis, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2025
  • The crisis had a knock-on effect on the film and TV industry as well.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Oct. 2023
  • But there appears to have been a rather serious knock-on effect of broadcasting the town hall.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 25 May 2023
  • That long three-setter had a knock-on effect that made for a light but long night at Melbourne Park.
    Simon Cambers, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Declines in federal funding have had knock-on effects.
    Eric Welch, The Conversation, 19 May 2026
  • Taking the easy-money route would produce a dangerous knock-on effect.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
  • These knock-on effects were not addressed in this piece and are also important to consider.
    Chris Gunster, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • In other words, the knock-on effects of losing entry-level jobs extend well beyond any one firm.
    Andrea Hill, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Or at least see the knock-on effects on knackered players during the new domestic season?
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The knock-on effect has been a sharp increase in the displacement of Palestinian herders.
    Gabby Sobelman, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Yet in place of Cold War paranoia about knock-on effects, there is complacency.
    David Miliband, Time, 9 Apr. 2026
  • If newer buyers can’t get that starter home, Lautz cautioned, that could have knock-on effects for them and their children.
    Jarrod Barry, NBC news, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The knock-on effect might be defenders feeling unable to keep a high line, and instead dropping back to defend deep.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
  • This year’s jump in oil prices has been raising worries about a knock-on effect on inflation, which has remained stubbornly high.
    Elaine Kurtenbach, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024
  • If the shutdown continues, there may be another knock-on effect ahead of the holidays.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Worse yet, Tesla’s woes are clearly having knock-on effects on his rocket company as well.
    Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 23 July 2026

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