as in waterfalls
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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Recent Examples of cascades
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Drive northwest to the antique capital, New Norfolk, and further on to the rushing cascades of Mount Field National Park and Russell Falls.
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Riley Wilson,
Travel + Leisure,
19 June 2026
Visit after a hard rain for the most dramatic cascades.
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Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
8 June 2026
Wrapped around a rubbery bassline that Peter ran through a guitar amp and played straight into a laptop, the song is confident and brassy, sauntering around as Kellie Eden’s trumpet cascades from above and the band’s co-vocalists provide pop harmonies.
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Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
If one of Dwyer’s cascades, or any other process driven purely by the electric field, was seeding the lightning bolt, the proto-bolt would move perfectly in line with the electric field from the very beginning of the process.
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Quanta Magazine,
6 May 2026
The aqueous action scenes — cascades of water swirling around aerial charges — should play out nicely on the big screen during the film’s theatrical release.
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Beatrice Loayza,
Variety,
1 May 2026
Mornings stretch slowly over strong coffee and views of the turquoise Aegean and afternoons are for swimming at golden beaches, exploring stone pathways punctuated by hot pink cascades of bougainvillea, or doing nothing at all.
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Bailey Berg,
Architectural Digest,
16 Apr. 2026
Not mass communication cascades or one-time training events.
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Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
Food and Beverage Wrapped in cascades of cherry blossom, The Orchard Room reimagines afternoon tea with unapologetic hedonism—affectionately dubbed InfiniTEA.
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Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Drive northwest to the antique capital, New Norfolk, and further on to the rushing cascades of Mount Field National Park and Russell Falls.
—
Riley Wilson,
Travel + Leisure,
19 June 2026
Visit after a hard rain for the most dramatic cascades.
—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
8 June 2026
Wrapped around a rubbery bassline that Peter ran through a guitar amp and played straight into a laptop, the song is confident and brassy, sauntering around as Kellie Eden’s trumpet cascades from above and the band’s co-vocalists provide pop harmonies.
—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
If one of Dwyer’s cascades, or any other process driven purely by the electric field, was seeding the lightning bolt, the proto-bolt would move perfectly in line with the electric field from the very beginning of the process.
—
Quanta Magazine,
6 May 2026
The aqueous action scenes — cascades of water swirling around aerial charges — should play out nicely on the big screen during the film’s theatrical release.
—
Beatrice Loayza,
Variety,
1 May 2026
Mornings stretch slowly over strong coffee and views of the turquoise Aegean and afternoons are for swimming at golden beaches, exploring stone pathways punctuated by hot pink cascades of bougainvillea, or doing nothing at all.
—
Bailey Berg,
Architectural Digest,
16 Apr. 2026
Not mass communication cascades or one-time training events.
—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cascades
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Guests rotate through heat, cold and rest, moving from saunas and steam rooms into cool or Nordic plunge pools before recovering in hammocks, Adirondack chairs or warm pools with waterfalls and jets.
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This glorious park, spread out over 200,000 acres, offers plenty of views of lush forests and waterfalls.
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And yet even the muscular Rigid apparatus has a light, greenhouse feel, because the sun streams through sheets of clear polycarbonate and open grating, gridding the sidewalk in a fine mesh of shadow lines.
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Natural light streams indoors every morning via floor-to-ceiling windows in the main living area and plenty of skylights, while a paved patio outdoors creates a serene setting for a sunset cocktail around the fire pit.
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From there, the workup depends on what a doctor finds.
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The results showed that under specific conditions, the generation of free electric charges in the active layer of the solar cell depends heavily on the electric field in the organic semiconductor material.
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There's been some stumbling plays, thwarted by tripping and dramatic falls.
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At this outlet — a falls made of lacy terraces — Duke Kobe, our 19-year-old guide that day, caught his 5¼-pounder.
Verb
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The President frequently jets down to his Palm Beach property on weekends.
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Instead of Paris this time, the film jets off to another fabulous destination besides New York — Milan — for a huge fashion expo where Lady Gaga gets to perform and even exchange swipes with Miranda.
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These are more likely to cause painless rectal bleeding or tissue that protrudes during a bowel movement.
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Part of it protrudes from the exterior, with natural airflow helping keep the food inside chilled.
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Some foreign financial institutions could be more willing to do business with Iran, though many will probably hesitate unless the US Treasury issues specific licenses for particular transactions.
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So could the 350-store cap, if the state issues licenses in a way that creates real geographic coverage.
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From Key Largo to Key West, the Overseas Highway strings the islands together like beads, running past lighthouses, underwater coral reef parks, and across the postcard-worthy Seven Mile Bridge.
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Brown and her creative team have gotten caught up in adornment without capturing a deeper undertow that strings it all together.
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“Cascades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cascades. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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