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Examples of China Syndrome in a Sentence
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Word History
from the notion that the molten reactor contents could hypothetically sink through the earth to reach China
1970, in the meaning defined above
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“China Syndrome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/China%20Syndrome. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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