FALLOUTS Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

fallouts

noun

plural of fallout

as in side effects

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Noun

Coir, a fibrous material made from by-products of coconut husks; it is often used as a substitute for peat.

— Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 29 May 2026
New in-line measurement technologies enable tracking of substrates, by-products and metabolites continuously, inside the reactor, without pulling samples.

— Hamid Noori, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026

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Those storylines might seem distinct but they have become intrinsically linked by the emotional and physical repercussions of what happened in Nigeria on December 29.

— Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 26 July 2026
In fact, the Yale Budget Lab believes the worst of the global tariff repercussions has already happened.

— Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 23 July 2026

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The Spartacus alum landed the lead role in Marvel’s Wolverine, the new title from the makers at Insomniac Games, set in the same sector of the universe as Marvel’s Spider-Man and its gaming offshoots.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026
But, of course, the ultimate sell, the one that would carry such businesses and their offshoots through feast and especially famine, was the optimism of opportunity itself, a shot at the good life in crazy times, for sellers and customers both.

— Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 15 July 2026

Definition of offshoots

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About the Honeywell spin-offs Honeywell Technologies has over 1,100 employees in Charlotte and more than 50,000 employees total.

— Claire Harutunian, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
That durability is especially striking given the carnage elsewhere in late night, especially among shows that were, literally or in spirit, spin-offs from The Daily Show.

— Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026

Definition of spin-offs

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Shipping traffic in the Persian Gulf has repeatedly ground to a halt since the United States and Israel attacked Iran in February, with ramifications for global markets.

— Dan Diamond, Washington Post, 25 July 2026
Both the card and the poem speak of juxtaposition and the ramifications of decisions.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026

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