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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a stack of dominoes" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a physical arrangement of dominoes or metaphorically to describe a situation where one event triggers a series of related events.
Example: "As the first domino fell, it set off a chain reaction, just like a stack of dominoes toppling one after another."
Alternatives: "a pile of dominoes" or "a collection of dominoes".
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"But everything is like a stack of dominoes in Vegas.
Too many roads, hotels and buildings have caused the valley to collapse like a stack of dominoes.
After a few years, your operations may start to resemble OK Go's music video for the song "This Too Shall Pass," which starts with the seemingly innocuous pushing of a model car into a stack of dominoes.
Like a stack of dominoes, HBGary's entire technology infrastructure came crashing down.
"The rest of the line just piled up behind him like a stack of dominoes," she said.
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The moment that bell rang in Montreal, it pushed over a colossal stack of dominoes.
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The mean duration for all mammal species is two million years".... Gott, after rummaging around in his attache case, produced a set of dominoes, which he set up in five stacks of doubling height, starting with one domino and ending with a stack of sixteen.
Ah yes, a stack of lonely nights.
Inside is a stack of papers.
–A stack of blank CDs ($11).
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