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as in outcomes
a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause
the flood was an inevitable consequence of the prolonged, heavy rains
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as in inferences
an opinion arrived at through a process of reasoning
I am able to deduce several consequences from those premises
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Recent Examples of consequences
Britain, which officially left the bloc in 2020, is still grappling with a raft of economic consequences.
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Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 26 May 2026
Those choices have real consequences.
—Richard McCathron, Fortune, 25 May 2026
According to public health officials, there is no safe level of lead in human blood, meaning minor exposures can have long-term consequences.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
Back in Arachova, in the shadow of Mount Parnassos, the consequences are already visible.
—ABC News, 24 May 2026
The other lobbied to be shielded from the consequences of releases already in the field.
—Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
So the major upsets may be fewer, but that figures to be less because of expansion itself than the consequences of the other market forces.
—Kansas City Star, 24 May 2026
Several Los Angeles Times journalists visited Garden Grove and affected surrounding communities reporting on the situation that could have catastrophic consequences.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026
Among adult patients who have the capacity to make their own medical decisions, autonomy (with rare exceptions like suicide) generally wins out — even in scenarios, as in my field of adult intensive care unit (ICU) medicine, where the consequences can be dire.
—Adam W. Gaffney, STAT, 18 May 2026
Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 26 May 2026
Those choices have real consequences.
—Richard McCathron, Fortune, 25 May 2026
According to public health officials, there is no safe level of lead in human blood, meaning minor exposures can have long-term consequences.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
Back in Arachova, in the shadow of Mount Parnassos, the consequences are already visible.
—ABC News, 24 May 2026
The other lobbied to be shielded from the consequences of releases already in the field.
—Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
So the major upsets may be fewer, but that figures to be less because of expansion itself than the consequences of the other market forces.
—Kansas City Star, 24 May 2026
Several Los Angeles Times journalists visited Garden Grove and affected surrounding communities reporting on the situation that could have catastrophic consequences.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026
Among adult patients who have the capacity to make their own medical decisions, autonomy (with rare exceptions like suicide) generally wins out — even in scenarios, as in my field of adult intensive care unit (ICU) medicine, where the consequences can be dire.
—Adam W. Gaffney, STAT, 18 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consequences
Noun
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And by the way, New York City doesn’t get better outcomes.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
29 May 2026
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Credibility is increasingly tied to demonstrated experience and verifiable outcomes, not just visibility.—
Anmol Goel,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Certain lower-risk administrative technologies are expressly excluded, including spreadsheets requiring human analysis, workflow management and routing tools, and systems that simply organize or summarize information without generating predictions or inferences.—
Alonzo Martinez,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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With this data, scientists can draw inferences about consciousness.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Initial testing on the knee was not that optimistic about George’s outlook, but the organization is still awaiting the official results, a source said.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Live results will be updated here throughout the night as counties report vote totals.—
Aaron A. Bedoya,
USA Today,
27 May 2026
Noun
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Adapting the private-sector pay structure for all work in prison could result in fair wages – that’s if deductions are revised to be fair as well.—
Julia Bowling,
The Conversation,
29 May 2026
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The 1% floor on corporate deductions stacks directly against the existing 10% cap.—
Matthew F. Erskine,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
Noun
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For the United States, that fact leads to several conclusions.—
Olivia White,
Time,
29 May 2026
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Arab producers are drawing their own conclusions, redirecting supply chains away from Gulf chokepoints and investing in rail corridors linking inland production facilities to ports far removed from the current theater of conflict.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Having catalogued the Black Death’s horrifying effects, Ibn Khatima went on to outline a series of preventative measures and active treatments designed to combat this merciless scourge.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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The company also describes the aircraft as supporting ISR, electronic warfare, communications relay, and even launching effects payloads.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
26 May 2026
Noun
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By Saturday morning, Covey said that efforts to keep the tanks cool were failing, and that initial determinations that spraying the tanks was helping lower temperatures were not as effective as initially thought.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2026
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Even though applications are consistently being processed, and borrowers are getting their student loans forgiven through the program, the rate of incoming applications has consistently exceeded the rate of PSLF Buyback determinations, resulting in an ever-increasing queue.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Treat Them as Buffalo is, in part, my attempt to respect the lives and decisions of my great-grandmother, Sara Desjarlais, and my grandfather, John Palmer.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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Expansion decisions are more calculated.—
Sara Payan,
Rolling Stone,
27 May 2026
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