chain reactions

Definition of chain reactionsnext
plural of chain reaction

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Noun
  • His choreography, recreated from his work on the show, delivers big, bold, classic Broadway dance sequences that feel ripped from another era in the best way.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Human video, once limited by missing physical signals, can now be mapped more effectively into actionable control sequences.
    Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Vance jousted with at least one heckler over the war in Gaza, and he was pressed by another person over the administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case files.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • While no longer run by Allen or Gates – Allen left Microsoft in 1983 and died in 2018; Gates stepped down from the company's board in 2020, got divorced and appeared in the Epstein files – their forward-thinking remains the backbone of the multi-national technology company.
    J. Kyle Foster, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The cell maintains this state with machines called electron transport chains that pump out thousands of protons per second.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026
  • With a smorgasbord of food deals from local and national chains to choose from, there's no shortage of ways to celebrate.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • There were gut strings, then metallic strings.
    Tim Parks, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The symptoms seemed so disparate, like distinct mugshots neatly pinned to an evidence board without any bold red strings or furious circles to show connection.
    Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The trains will circulate through the airport’s central terminal area, linking terminals with parking facilities and pick-up and drop-off zones.
    City News Service, Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • From the whistle of a locomotive to the rumble of steel on steel, the trains of Chicago and the Midwest are more than a mode of transportation, given that Chicago has been America’s railroad capital for more than 150 years.
    Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • If Kohl can figure out what Coleman wants out of each play, then the quarterback can move through his progressions faster.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
  • As for Kutter Crawford and Patrick Sandoval, both pitchers are trending toward returning to game action but are still well behind the other three starter candidates in their progressions.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Growing these plants around the perimeter of your garden can make groundhogs less inclined to venture further into garden rows.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Blooming Layers Alternating rows of various plants create a striking contrast.
    Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • If demand rises faster than infrastructure can be approved and built, reliability erodes, reserve margins thin, queues lengthen, delays compound, costs rise, and strategic directives become harder to realize.
    Dan Romito, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Though the Indian government attempted to reassure people that there was plenty of supply, panic swept in in the early days of March, with queues for gas pumps and panic-buying.
    Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 11 Apr. 2026
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“Chain reactions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chain%20reactions. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.

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