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corollary

noun

ˈkȯr-ə-ˌler-ē

Definition of corollary

as in result

a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause one corollary of the rise of television was a massive makeover of radio's programming

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as in accompaniment

something that is found along with something else increased taxes—or expanding deficits—are the inevitable corollary to any new government spending program

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Recent Examples of corollary Princeton University professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor offered another corollary to the reparations debate, arguing in her book From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation that reparations cannot be reduced to mere policy prescriptions. — Literary Hub, 27 July 2026 For national tournaments, the corollary is how poorer countries always have to match up against richer ones for regional face-offs and qualifiers that culminate in the quadrennial dream that is the World Cup. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026 Because passing risk to students is easy The corollary of the college-for-all ethos is the save-for-college culture – best demonstrated by the 529 plan-industrial complex – because college has always been costly. — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 The corollary is that paintings that don’t seem to have been purchased by the couple must be empty and flat, without the vein of spirituality that would bring them to life. — Clare Bucknell, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for corollary

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Noun

When a close compresses from weeks to days or a forecast updates in hours, finance can operate on current information instead of stale results.

— Hemant Kapadia, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
After the results of a close Marshall City Council race in central Missouri had been certified, Hoskins' office received a complaint about the tallying of write-in votes, recounted them itself and instructed city officials to change the results.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of result

Noun

With its fragile acoustic melodies, desolate lyrics, and spare, subtle studio accompaniment, Ride Lonesome is like Nick Drake’s mumble-folk masterpiece Bryter Layter as the work of a lovelorn Laurel Canyon soft-rock poet.

— Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2026
This strophic song in five verses conveys the journeyman’s joyfulness through a jaunty, tuneful vocal line over a steadily striding piano accompaniment.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of accompaniment

Noun

Taking a page from professional players associations, Abruzzo sees sectoral bargaining—where unions and multiple employers set baseline, industry-wide compensation and workplace standards—as the preferable long-term outcome for college athletes.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 Sep. 2026
There are four possible outcomes, all with various chances of coming to fruition.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of outcome

Noun

Surprisingly, despite his role in the Fast & Furious franchise and the resultant persona fans project on him, Gibson is, admittedly, not interested in pursuing motorsport and had never been drifting.

— Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2026
Ilie and Ghodla modeled the environment in which the resultant black hole seeds would exist and merge, calculating merger rates and the influence on the gravitational wave background.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of resultant

Noun

Resilience comes from an organization’s ability to recognize when defenses have failed, understand the consequences and act before a security event becomes a business crisis.

— Shane Buckley, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Unfortunately for her, these are all direct consequences of her actions.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of consequence

Noun

The number of products deployed or dollars spent says little about an organization’s ability to withstand an attack.

— Shane Buckley, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Being the product of reproduction but not knowing from whom is, to me, like the back of a second surface mirror, the part that provides the surface for the silvered layer, which is then covered with a piece of glass.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026

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