blowback

noun

Definition of blowbacknext
as in fallout

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Recent Examples of blowback But there were concerns about possible blowback from A24, and the line was removed. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026 Yet, amid Walter’s financial difficulties, including a federal inquiry into his insurance empire regarding $16 billion to $21 billion in undisclosed loans to his own companies, questions remain over whether the blowback will hit the Dodgers. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026 The blowback was so loud and swift that lawmakers stripped out the language within two weeks. — Bob Herman, STAT, 18 Aug. 2026 The main challenge is that targeting the remaining options risk blowback on the US economy. — Magdalena Del Valle, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for blowback
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  1. fallout
  2. by-product
  3. side effect
  4. offshoot
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  • The fallout of this fraud included several new state-level fiscal accountability reforms for all New York school districts, including stricter internal controls, mandatory board oversight and independent auditor requirements.
    — Kathryn Blackman, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The fungibility of the hands is a reprieve from the book’s scenes of violence and its fallout, from the endless assigning of blame and the apportioning out of mercy or destruction.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of fallout
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  • And those are applied on a product-by-product basis, usually after people have been injured or killed.
    — Alison J. Stein, HubSpot, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The good news, said Helen Lewis in The Atlantic, is that all this drama is a by-product of the league’s astonishing success.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of by-product
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  • Taking calcium supplements could exacerbate this side effect.
    — Jennifer Lefton, Verywell Health, 3 Sep. 2026
  • This painful side effect, which can cause tingling and numbness in the hands and feet, can be managed with ice and painkillers or opioids.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of side effect
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  • The excessive proliferation of totems and masks as decor is more closely associated with Beachcomber offshoots and descendants in the ’50s and ’60s.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Bateman led an offshoot of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and presented himself as a religious prophet following the imprisonment of longtime FLDS leader Warren Jeffs, PEOPLE previously reported.
    — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of offshoot

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