ripple effect
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The circumstance in which one event instigates an expansive set of other events.
Example Sentences
- "Defaults in America's mortgage lending businesses are causing a ripple effect through the major banks in other continents."
- "Whatever had happened to her, her behaviour had ripple effects that were still causing upset and grief nearly five years later."
- "Global banks are bracing for the ripple effects of harsh new financial and economic sanctions against Russia intended to hobble its economy and restrict its access to foreign capital."
- ""If these 35 miles of infrastructure aren't run effectively, the ripple effects are felt by customers as far afield as Swansea, Bristol, Penzance and Worcestershire," says GWR spokesman Dan Panes."