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to come at a later time; to happen as a result
When the news broke, a long period of chaos ensued.
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Recent Examples of ensued
More than the officiating, Wells was upset with how the game looked between the two goals and the extra chaos that ensued later.
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Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
The jet was shot down by Iranian forces, the officials said, and the combat rescue mission ensued shortly after.
—Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
Brooks, for his part, equivocated … A bout of frantic rebranding ensued.
—Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
Roediger allegedly saw the woman speaking with her boyfriend in the front yard on her bedroom security monitor and then went to the front door where a verbal altercation ensued.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
In the closing seconds of the first, Pierre-Luc Dubois rammed Travis Sanheim just in front of the Flyers bench, Zegras came flying in to defend him, and a scrum ensued that included Wilson and Travis Konecny pushing and shoving and jawing with one another.
—Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Confusion ensued among the umpires.
—Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2026
Others are more pointed; her recounting of an attempt to make a new friend and the disastrous dinner party that ensued, a nightmarish experience on the set of an (unnamed) indie movie set, a nightmarish experience becoming a member of an (unnamed) celebrity and influencer gym in Los Angeles.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026
An argument ensued and that person pulled out a sharp object and attacked the male victims, police said.
—Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
The jet was shot down by Iranian forces, the officials said, and the combat rescue mission ensued shortly after.
—Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
Brooks, for his part, equivocated … A bout of frantic rebranding ensued.
—Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
Roediger allegedly saw the woman speaking with her boyfriend in the front yard on her bedroom security monitor and then went to the front door where a verbal altercation ensued.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
In the closing seconds of the first, Pierre-Luc Dubois rammed Travis Sanheim just in front of the Flyers bench, Zegras came flying in to defend him, and a scrum ensued that included Wilson and Travis Konecny pushing and shoving and jawing with one another.
—Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Confusion ensued among the umpires.
—Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2026
Others are more pointed; her recounting of an attempt to make a new friend and the disastrous dinner party that ensued, a nightmarish experience on the set of an (unnamed) indie movie set, a nightmarish experience becoming a member of an (unnamed) celebrity and influencer gym in Los Angeles.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026
An argument ensued and that person pulled out a sharp object and attacked the male victims, police said.
—Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ensued
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Silseth replaced Joey Lucchesi with two on in the seventh and struck Rivas looking, Luke Raley swinging and got Raleigh to ground out to second.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Steel piers replaced wooden structures, and rigs reached farther from shore.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Ensued.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ensued. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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