blowback

noun

Definition of blowbacknext
as in fallout

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Recent Examples of blowback Trump’s policies have generated blowback on the right, alienating some prominent supporters and dividing the GOP heading into the midterm election. — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026 No commissioner — not Silver, not Goodell, not anyone — could have stopped the ugly blowback directed at Thomas following her flagrant foul against Clark. — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 27 July 2026 Willett faced some blowback after touting an endorsement from Eric DeValkenaere, the first Kansas City police officer ever convicted for killing a Black man. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026 Failure abroad and domestic blowback Miranda returned to New York from Washington in early January 1806 without official support. — Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, The Conversation, 13 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for blowback
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blowback
  1. fallout
  2. by-product
  3. side effect
  4. offshoot
Noun
  • The fallout from that controversial attempt has divided the soccer landscape, with continental confederations and individual national associations all split on whether a change in FIFA leadership is needed.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Scarlett Johansson plays Hester, Irwin’s wife, whose family is pulled into the fallout as the brothers’ scheme begins to fall apart.
    — Sophie Miller, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of fallout
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  • This is where leadership distance becomes an operational risk rather than just an organizational by-product.
    — Adam Povlitz, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Rare earth elements are recovered as a by-product from Bayan Obo’s polymetallic ore, which also contains fluorite, niobium, scandium and thorium.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of by-product
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  • And yet this metafictional doubling—in which people appear simultaneously as themselves and with a set of fictional flourishes—has the side effect of undermining the discursive conceit of the text.
    — Maya Binyam, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The Price Discovery Question Continuous trading creates a useful side effect.
    — Malana VanTyler, jsonline.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of side effect
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  • Repkon’s American offshoot is now at work setting up a TNT factory after receiving a no-bid contract from the Army worth $435 million.
    — Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The Perseids, like all meteors, are offshoots from comets, specifically the Swift-Tuttle Comet which orbits the Sun every 133 years.
    — Vince Basada, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of offshoot

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