knock-on effect

noun

British

: something (such as a process, action, or event) that causes other things to happen

The drought is likely to have a knock-on effect throughout the whole economy.

Examples of knock-on effect in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This, of course, has a knock-on effect on Wall Street. —Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 18 Mar. 2024

Recently released figures from airports association, Airports Council International Europe, indicate that air traffic in Israel was down 62% in those three months, which has had a severe knock-on effect on JR/D Duty Free’s revenue. —Kevin Rozario, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024

Abattoirs and meat-processing plants were particularly hit, but, of course, this had a knock-on effect on butchers’ abilities to source and provide meat. —Olivia Potts, Longreads, 15 Feb. 2024

Sources at the company are keen to point out that the new shake-up will not have any knock-on effect on projects currently in development or production at either Sky Studios or Sky U.K. and Ireland. —K.j. Yossman, Variety, 8 Feb. 2024

That long three-setter had a knock-on effect that made for a light but long night at Melbourne Park. —Simon Cambers, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024

So amid a spike in crashes for cyclists, the city’s steady clip of bike-lane installation appears to be having a knock-on effect for pedestrians. —John Surico, Curbed, 21 Dec. 2023

This can have the knock-on effect of restricting participation in various activities and gatherings, both of which significantly reduce quality of life. —William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023

New York City has seen over 130,000 migrants come to the city since last year, part of the knock-on effect of the nearly three-year crisis at the southern border. —Adam Shaw, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2023