domino effect
noun
plural domino effects
: a cumulative effect produced when one event initiates a succession of similar events compare ripple effect
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Was there ever a discussion about showing the violent domino effect that set this story in motion?
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Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2025
The event is unlikely to trigger a Kessler Syndrome scenario in which debris from broken satellites would collide with others to create a domino effect or fall to Earth.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 25 July 2025
Food security advocates say the cuts will spur a domino effect that will disrupt families, farmers, grocers and classrooms across Tennessee.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 10 Aug. 2025
So there’s an economic and policy domino effect happening?
—Jennifer Flowers, AFAR Media, 4 Aug. 2025
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Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2025
The event is unlikely to trigger a Kessler Syndrome scenario in which debris from broken satellites would collide with others to create a domino effect or fall to Earth.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 25 July 2025
Food security advocates say the cuts will spur a domino effect that will disrupt families, farmers, grocers and classrooms across Tennessee.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 10 Aug. 2025
So there’s an economic and policy domino effect happening?
—Jennifer Flowers, AFAR Media, 4 Aug. 2025
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“Domino effect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/domino%20effect. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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