Thesaurus results for CHAIN REACTION

chain reaction

noun

Definition of chain reaction

as in sequence

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Recent Examples of chain reaction The crash created a chain reaction in which his vehicle was struck multiple times. — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026 The damage already exceeds the losses from the 2008 Lehman crisis, and the chain reaction has unmistakable lost‑decade energy. — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 Video shared on social media shows the chain reaction crash in which one police all-terrain vehicle rear-ends another, pushing it into at least two pedestrians and then hitting a boardwalk tram car. — Laura Fay, CBS News, 12 July 2026 Twelve years after this, nuclear physicist Hans Bethe formulated the first explanation of this nuclear fusion process, detailing the proton-proton chain reaction and the Carbon-Nitrogen-Oxygen (CNO) cycle. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for chain reaction

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Noun

Those types of sequences are building-block moments for Williams, competitive victories as the offense continues to take shape.

— Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
There are dance sequences to come, and delight to be had as their own kids demonstrate the same ferocious capacity for imaginative play in later years.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of sequence

Noun

The chain replaced its soft bun with a more sturdier version, changed the recipe for its mayonnaise and now serves it in a box instead of wrapped in paper.

— Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
After the pandemic, a national chain of Pilates studios reported 71 percent year-on-year growth in membership among men, as cited by GQ.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of chain

Noun

Workers are also falling ill younger and experiencing a more severe and rapid progression of the disease, according to an analysis of the state’s data published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
There’s also a three-level view distance option; Dave will also be able to fast travel to different NPCs in a specific section of the map, meaning progression is quicker.

— Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of progression

Noun

Someone in Beijing floated convertibility-by-token, watched the implications propagate, and closed the file.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
By the end of the nineteenth century, the rise of the social-welfare state meant that Britain, Germany, and France began keeping files on individual citizens for purposes of the provision of assistance.

— Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of file

Noun

The actor arrived in a regal sky blue high-neck top with a long cascading train and clashing red lining — custom designed by Prabal Gurung — offset with a casual pair of low slung, non-maternity jeans by La Ligne that skimmed just under her bump.

— Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
According to the Metra website, UPW Train #66 remains stopped near Lombard, but all other inbound and outbound trains are back on the move and may be operating 50 minutes behind schedule.

— Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of train

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Fighting games are a cross-cultural nexus that spark heated rivalries but ultimately forge lasting connections.

— Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026
Beaches Town Center, the brick-street nexus where Atlantic Beach and neighboring Neptune Beach to the south meet, is always lively.

— Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of nexus

Noun

Garfield remembers being fascinated by the rows of VHS tapes and the possibilities behind their covers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Dern's 7-year-old daughter peered her head over the barricade from her front row seat and shouted encouragement each time mom got close to her side of the cage.

— CBS News, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026

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