fell back; fallen back; falling back; falls back
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Examples of fallback in a Sentence
Verb
resistance from native forces was greater than expected, and the invading army was forced to fall back
Recent Examples on the Web
Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2024
The fallback system is isolated from Aurora’s core L4 system, consisting of a secondary computer that can take over operation if a failure occurs in the primary system.
—Richard Bishop, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
The fallback position is VoIP , voice-over-internet calling.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024
He was tasked with briefing arriving infantry troops and conducting reconnaissance missions to scope out fallback locations.
—Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
German officials have begun discussing a nuclear fallback plan with the U.K. and France, thanks in large part to Russia's continued aggression as well as former President Trump's pressure on European allies to meet defense spending thresholds, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
—Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2024
Getting back to the redundancy in automation topic, Aurora and Conti highlighted that their fallback systems supply built-in redundancies that provide backups in case of component or sensor failure when operating driverlessly.
—Richard Bishop, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
At the moment, the password fallback is pretty much universal.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 12 May 2023
But the administration and Danco have a fallback argument if the court doesn’t agree.
—Mark Sherman, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2023
Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, Tyler Reddick falls back to seventh, and Alex Bowman moves up to fourth, right behind Gibbs.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 24 Mar. 2024
When does Daylight Savings 2024's time change fall back?
—Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Mar. 2024
Daylight Saving Time kicks in this weekend, as most Americans dread when the time change will spring forward or fall back.
—Jennifer Sangalang, The Courier-Journal, 8 Mar. 2024
And the idea of coasting or phoning it in or falling back on the merely physical during an off day repels her.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Reddit shares surged as much as 60 percent before falling back in the company’s first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange, under the ticker RDDT.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2024
This isn’t a team that appears to be too worried about falling back into last place in the NHL standings.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
Good thing Shelton has his singing career to fall back on.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 17 Mar. 2024
Noun
Amid mounting anxiety, there is no fallback plan — beyond trying again and again — if this negotiating round fails.
—Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2024
The fallback system is isolated from Aurora’s core L4 system, consisting of a secondary computer that can take over operation if a failure occurs in the primary system.
—Richard Bishop, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
The fallback position is VoIP , voice-over-internet calling.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024
He was tasked with briefing arriving infantry troops and conducting reconnaissance missions to scope out fallback locations.
—Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
German officials have begun discussing a nuclear fallback plan with the U.K. and France, thanks in large part to Russia's continued aggression as well as former President Trump's pressure on European allies to meet defense spending thresholds, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
—Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2024
Getting back to the redundancy in automation topic, Aurora and Conti highlighted that their fallback systems supply built-in redundancies that provide backups in case of component or sensor failure when operating driverlessly.
—Richard Bishop, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
At the moment, the password fallback is pretty much universal.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 12 May 2023
But the administration and Danco have a fallback argument if the court doesn’t agree.
—Mark Sherman, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2023
Verb
Chair Jerome Powell and other officials, such as Loretta Mester, president of the Cleveland Fed, have underscored that the main factor in the Fed’s rate-cutting decision is when — or whether — inflation will resume its fall back to the central bank’s 2% target.
—Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, Tyler Reddick falls back to seventh, and Alex Bowman moves up to fourth, right behind Gibbs.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 24 Mar. 2024
When does Daylight Savings 2024's time change fall back?
—Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Mar. 2024
Daylight Saving Time kicks in this weekend, as most Americans dread when the time change will spring forward or fall back.
—Jennifer Sangalang, The Courier-Journal, 8 Mar. 2024
And the idea of coasting or phoning it in or falling back on the merely physical during an off day repels her.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Reddit shares surged as much as 60 percent before falling back in the company’s first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange, under the ticker RDDT.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2024
This isn’t a team that appears to be too worried about falling back into last place in the NHL standings.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
Good thing Shelton has his singing career to fall back on.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 17 Mar. 2024
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“Fallback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fallback. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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