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Recent Examples of chain reaction
House Democrats are staring down a chain reaction of committee leadership drama in which each explosive development seems to spawn two more in its place.
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Andrew Solender, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
Thermal runaway causes a chain reaction that dramatically raises the battery's temperature, quickly escalating the fire to uncontrollable levels.
—Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The invasion of Taiwan—an economic powerhouse where over 90 percent of the world's superconductors are produced—would set off a global chain reaction, explains Professor of Chinese Studies Kerry Brown in Why Taiwan Matters: A Short History of the Island That Will Dictate Our Future (St. Martin's).
—Kerry Brown, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
But applying high tariffs to all U.S. trading partners risks setting off a harmful chain reaction in Western economies, with rising costs, cratering demand, and a slowing of supply chain diversification.
—Daniel H. Rosen, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2024
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Andrew Solender, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
Thermal runaway causes a chain reaction that dramatically raises the battery's temperature, quickly escalating the fire to uncontrollable levels.
—Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The invasion of Taiwan—an economic powerhouse where over 90 percent of the world's superconductors are produced—would set off a global chain reaction, explains Professor of Chinese Studies Kerry Brown in Why Taiwan Matters: A Short History of the Island That Will Dictate Our Future (St. Martin's).
—Kerry Brown, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
But applying high tariffs to all U.S. trading partners risks setting off a harmful chain reaction in Western economies, with rising costs, cratering demand, and a slowing of supply chain diversification.
—Daniel H. Rosen, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chain reaction
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Part of how Amer and Naim go for it is with a set of dream sequences Mo has across the season that take on genres and tones related to his emotional state.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
31 Jan. 2025
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But as silky smooth as the sequence looked — and as strange as a slump from Watkins seemed — the step-back clanked away.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2025
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Tom’s of Maine became a national presence by the 1980s, stocked in supermarkets and chain drugstores.—
Jason Phillips,
USA TODAY,
1 Feb. 2025
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The song is a cheeky touch, but also a nod to Daryle’s milieu: a lowbrow America of swamp tours, chain motels, and motorcycle shops.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2025
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Last season, the young striker played two games with the first team but his progression did not go any further.—
Guillermo Rai,
The Athletic,
6 Feb. 2025
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There weren’t any game breaking glitches that tanked the experience or blocked overall story progression.—
George Yang,
Rolling Stone,
3 Feb. 2025
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An amateur astronomer noticed a string of data points in January that appeared to fit together, describing the orbit of a relatively small object that was swooping between the orbital paths of Earth and Mars.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
7 Feb. 2025
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It was met with furious pushback, public outcry, and a string of defeats in court.—
Vox Staff,
Vox,
7 Feb. 2025
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In 2024, nearly 28,000 volunteers helped almost 1.7 million taxpayers file returns.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2025
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Dropbox helps filmmakers and creative teams find, organize, and secure all the files that are important to any project.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
4 Feb. 2025
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The Jordan Electric Light and Heating Company received four train carloads of coal yesterday and more is still coming.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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The footage, released by Maitland Police Department and reshared by WFAA-TV, showed officers arriving to find the 34-year-old reality TV star at the wheel of a blue sports car, which was stuck on the side of a train track.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
5 Feb. 2025
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Stephen writes about the nexus of technology, science, policy, and business on and off the planet.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
1 Feb. 2025
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At Village Tap, a 35-year-old nexus for Chicago’s craft beer connoisseurs, the countdown has been on for weeks.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2025
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No, Trump is gonna get big-dogged at the big game this weekend by Taylor Swift, First Lady of WAGs, who will be rolling up to the Super Bowl for the second year in a row to cheer on boyfriend Travis Kelce, who is playing in his third Super Bowl in a row with the Kansas City Chiefs.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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Who's playing: the Chiefs Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images This is the Kansas City Chiefs' fifth Super Bowl in the last six years, and the team's third in a row.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Chain reaction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chain%20reaction. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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