cascade 1 of 2

as in waterfall
a fall of water usually from a great height the river forms a series of cascades as it drops a total of 200 feet in elevation

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verb

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Noun
The bodice was adorned with white three-dimensional floral appliqués atop silver sparkles cascading down the frock. Julia Teti, Footwear News, 7 Aug. 2025 Last night, Ortega stepped out once again for Wednesday’s New York fan screening, wearing an airy black slip dress with cascading leather ruffles and a low, low back. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
These changes may help explain how vascular dysfunction contributes to the cascade of neurodegeneration. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025 Yet Starship’s recent struggles are revealing how rapidly updating rockets that cost hundreds of millions to make can lead to a cascade of expensive issues. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cascade
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Noun
  • In Shasta County, near the geographic top of California, McArthur-Burney State Park is known for its picturesque waterfalls, with rainbows rising through the mist when the sun shines just right.
    David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • During their nighttime surveys, researchers found several unfamiliar-looking lizards near a waterfall, the study said.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Targeting Youth with Global K-Drama Appeal The premiere ​of W, Dos Mundos​ extends UNIMÁS's programming strategy of tapping premium, high-production-value K-dramas — dubbed in Spanish — to diversify primetime and grow share among younger viewers who already stream Korean content.
    Veronica Villafañe, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Williams said in a news briefing streamed by WDIV that the incident began when a man complained about noise with people having a barbecue behind the apartment.
    Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • That includes businesses that provide professional services, such as doctors, lawyers, consultants, athletes, and brokers—typically, any business whose success depends on the reputation or skill of its employees.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • OpenAI also says there is a 45 percent to 65 percent reduction in factual errors over GPT-4, depending on the setting, as well as substantial gains in handling medical and coding tasks on industry-standard benchmarks.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Hawaii’s acting governor, Sylvia Luke, issued the emergency proclamation on Friday afternoon, declaring a state of emergency across the entire state.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Since Congress clearly expects workers and employers to be (cough) creative, Treasury is authorized to issue additional guidance to prevent abuse.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When a trompo taco is ordered, a cook brandishes a knife of ferocious sharpness, shaving a thin, broad piece large enough to overhang the corn tortilla it’s laid upon.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Overgrown weeds, overhanging branches, litter, loud noises — all of these annoyances might come from your Milwaukee neighbor, but not every complaint should go to the same place.
    Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Urban Mini-Retreats and Longevity Clinics Not everyone can jet off to the Alps.
    Meggen Harris, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • In October 2022, the tennis champ jetted off to Greece for a little getaway.
    Skyler Caruso, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • National Weather Service meteorologists consider forecasting waterspouts during the late summer and fall whenever large, cool air masses overspread the waters of the Great Lakes.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The Department of Buildings told CBS News New York and News 12 Long Island that a 10-by-10-inch section of the ceiling collapsed due to possible water damage, and pieces of the building fell on customers dining inside.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The supporters’ handheld smoke bombs spurted plumes of royal blue, the apparatus and color foreign to the home stadium of the orange and black Giants.
    Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Seismic activity also creates spurting geysers and toasty geothermal pools, particularly in magma-rich areas like the Snæfellsnes Peninsula and around Borgarfjörður fjord, both in the west.
    Robin Catalano, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2025

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“Cascade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cascade. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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