Examples of resultant in a Sentence
Adjective
She deserves credit for the increase in sales and the resultant increase in profit.
frequent trips to the ice cream parlor and the resultant weight gain were starting to affect my tennis game
Noun
a person's decision to purchase a certain automobile is often the resultant of an array of factors, ranging from the actual performance of the vehicle to the buyer's self-image
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
But if action were taken to deploy strategic water transactions among the basin’s stakeholders, resultant reductions in usage could improve the situation of more than 380 miles of restorable segments, per the research.
—Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 20 June 2025
Jay Kakade
june 14, New Atlas, 14 June 2025
Meanwhile caretakers are concerned with something that can be even more challenging to address: the psychological trauma resultant from years of abuse in captivity.
—Ryley Graham, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2025
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Adjective
Merck’s oncology portfolio is further enhanced with multiple oncology initiatives resultant from strategic acquisitions.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
But if action were taken to deploy strategic water transactions among the basin’s stakeholders, resultant reductions in usage could improve the situation of more than 380 miles of restorable segments, per the research.
—Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 20 June 2025
Noun
After cooling, the resultant solid was ground into powder to produce the final pigment.
—Jay Kakade
june 14, New Atlas, 14 June 2025
Meanwhile caretakers are concerned with something that can be even more challenging to address: the psychological trauma resultant from years of abuse in captivity.
—Ryley Graham, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2025
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“Resultant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resultant. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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resultant
1 of 2 adjective
re·sul·tant
ri-ˈzəlt-ᵊnt 
: coming from or resulting from something else
resultantly
adverb
resultant
2 of 2 noun
: something that results : outcome
especially
: the single vector that is the sum of a given set of vectors
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