the upshot

noun

: the final result or outcome of a process, discussion, etc.

The upshot is that we'll see him Thursday.

—often + of

The upshot of the decision is that the park will be closed.

Examples of the upshot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The recent legal history of Chevron deference is long and winding, but the upshot is that Adobe can now argue directly to a court that its cancellation flow is, in fact, simple. —Nilay Patel, The Verge, 25 July 2024

Neither was the normal process of how Supreme Court nominations were intended to work, and the upshot is that the right wing has given itself a largely bulletproof majority, even if the court occasionally fails to support its more extreme efforts. —New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 19 July 2024

But the upshot was clear: Nothing would ever truly be protected. —Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2024

At least, that’s the upshot of Axios’s latest piece on the president’s outlook toward his reelection prospects. —Noah Rothman, National Review, 14 May 2024