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Recent Examples of domino
And once the first domino falls, the rest of the table tumbles into place around it.
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Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Dallas is a deadline domino, with Anthony Davis on the shelf and Naji Marshall on the market.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Dan could see no footholds ex‑ cept a crystal shaped like a domino pasted onto the rock.
—Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
The first domino to fall will likely be whether the Eagles decide to move on from first-year offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo.
—Pat Gallen, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
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Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Dallas is a deadline domino, with Anthony Davis on the shelf and Naji Marshall on the market.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Dan could see no footholds ex‑ cept a crystal shaped like a domino pasted onto the rock.
—Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
The first domino to fall will likely be whether the Eagles decide to move on from first-year offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo.
—Pat Gallen, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for domino
Noun
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That ruling paved the way for federal immigration officials to continue wearing masks during California operations.—
Nathaniel Percy,
Daily News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Ryan Coogler‘s hit vampire thriller won three bronze masks at the British awards ceremony, held at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The whale shark, one of only three filter-feeding sharks and the largest fish in the ocean, and the manta and devil rays have joined the list that offers the strictest restrictions on trade, called Appendix I. Whale sharks are at risk from overfishing as well as being struck by ships.—
Gareth J. Fraser,
The Conversation,
12 Dec. 2025
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The researchers believe the mantas are using nature's cues such as changes in magnetic field strength, oxygen concentration, temperature and light to navigate themselves onto the right path for the next days' travel.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In Norway’s northernmost reaches, where winter lingers for months beneath a veil of polar darkness and the sea governs every decision, lies Båtsfjord, a fishing village where cod assumes greater significance than God.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
17 Feb. 2026
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The Sisters wear black floor-length habits and veils that smell of lilacs and ammonia cleaner.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Shawnee has a special permit carved out for Frankie, a capuchin monkey that’s lived in a pet store for nearly two decades.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
16 Dec. 2025
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The animals sent back included 11 lemurs, an albino Burmese python, giraffes, a pack of sheep, a pair of sacred ibises, two llamas, tamarins, a kookaburra, a gibbon, capuchins, several parrots, three ground hornbills, three cockatoos, a serval, a Poitou donkey, and a macaw.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
27 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Irid says the visors also feature an anti-fogging inner layer, and are resistant to scratches.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
13 Feb. 2026
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The commercial started with the team’s helmet, which prominently displays the Cadillac logo and team name above the visor.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Ball’s Hummer, which was wrapped in a camouflage pattern, continued to roll slowly as the sedan remained in the video's frame.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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Forest camouflage is used for the majority of the upper, with the exception of its TPU heel stabilizer in forest green.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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During the Thirty Years’ War, military enterprisers included such figures as Ernst von Mansfeld, who raised an army for the elector palatine, and Albrecht von Wallenstein, who offered his services to Ferdinand II, the Holy Roman emperor.—
Allison Stanger,
Foreign Affairs,
16 June 2015
Noun
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For her label Anissa Aida, designer Anissa Meddeb, who lives in the capital, makes gossamer silk blouses evoking the striped motif of handwoven fouta towels and voluminous coats inspired by the burnoose cloaks worn by Berbers.—
Sarah Khan,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Feb. 2020
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On a rainy day men wore winter-weight burnooses with the large hoods drawn up—enigmatic Jedi-like figures in the medina's alleyways.—
Klara Glowczewska,
Town & Country,
30 Mar. 2015
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“Domino.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domino. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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