fallback
Americannoun
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an act or instance of falling back.
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something or someone to turn or return to, especially for help or as an alternative.
His teaching experience would be a fallback if the business failed.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of fallback
1750–60, noun, adj. use of verb phrase fall back
Example Sentences
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Chait was an apparently safe fallback option — he is widely seen as well-liked, capable and loyal.
From Los Angeles Times
Kyiv, lacking funding and access to enough sophisticated weapons, has turned to balloons as an inexpensive fallback option that comes with an asymmetric advantage in the form of local wind patterns.
Theoretical models have long suggested that this fallback can turn the neutron star into a black hole.
From Science Daily
The authors argue that scavenging was not an occasional fallback, but a core survival strategy repeated throughout human evolutionary history.
From Science Daily
Yet that’s more of a long-term story, he said, adding that the recent spike and fallback in silver prices looked more typical of short covering in futures and options markets.
From MarketWatch
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