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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
There are 16 different colors to choose from, including unique choices like cascade blue, wander yellow and a smoky desert print. Christopher Murray May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025 The cascade effect of those events has led to a palpable shift in corporate security postures, with a flood of new independent threat assessments and protective measures. Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
This doesn’t just happen for balls rolling down hills, but for rain that pools into puddles, ponds, and lakes, for molecules that fold into a particular configuration, and even for electrons that cascade down into a stable or quasi-stable energy state. Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 8 Oct. 2025 Where to stay The 89-room ANA InterContinental Beppu Resort & Spa offers guests an outdoor onsen, set against massive layered stones that cascade down a mountainside. Kristin Braswell, AFAR Media, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cascade
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Noun
  • Blue Hole Falls is a series of waterfalls at the base of Holston Mountain, Carter Tennessee Tourism says.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Along the route, travelers can sample maple syrup, hike scenic, wooded trails that end at waterfalls, explore museums, and warm up in charming cafés.
    Megan Margulies, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The five-part docuseries premiered to critical acclaim at SXSW, earned a Critics Choice Award nomination for Best Limited Documentary Feature, and is now streaming on Starz.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The feds claim that, at one point, Smith had as many as 10,000 active bot accounts streaming his music, and allegedly made over $10 million from this scheme.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Oxygen produces green or red depending on the altitude, and nitrogen either blue or purple.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • But this is still a flawed team in a lot of ways, depending heavily on Jackson staying healthy and being at his best every Sunday.
    Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Winter weather advisories have been issued in five states across the western United States, with up to 20 inches of snow potentially hitting Oregon this weekend.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • South Korea last week issued a travel ban for parts of Cambodia after the death of a South Korean student lured to work in the scam compounds, according to police.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Swinging from the overhanging branches and darting through the woods, the animals were heading toward a nearby housing project, their pink faces lit with glee.
    Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • In Tennessee, property owners can trim overhanging branches from a neighbor's tree under certain circumstances.
    Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Eric officially booked the movie part and jetted off to the set to start filming.
    Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Probably nothing much to a regular moviegoer who’s not getting the chance to jet off to Europe to see things weeks to — in the case of Berlin or Cannes, which was very good this year — months early.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And King Priam, at great personal risk, shows up with a ransom and falls on his knees and clasps Achilles’ hand.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
  • As Semafor previously reported, many inside the magazine were excited by Guiducci’s arrival, believing the old Vanity Fair was moving too slowly, had fallen too far outside the zeitgeist, and had lost some of its sheen.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Strobe lights, spinning grenades, and spurting blood accompany the unts-unts-unts.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Police and firefighters responded to a fire alarm at the synagogue just before 11 p.m. and discovered flames spurting from the rear of the building.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2025

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“Cascade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cascade. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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