as in to result
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to have a particular result
—used especially to describe how something affects someone or something or affects the opinion that people have about someone or something —+ to
It redounds to his credit that he worked so hard to prevent this crisis.
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Recent Examples of redound
And then too there is the less tangible, more lyrical side of space travel that may redound in NASA’s favor.
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 July 2025
Even if a multilateral nuclear force provided enhanced capabilities and thus a higher level of deterrence—whose benefits would also redound to the French and the British—the question of who held the ultimate launch authority would likely outweigh any other considerations.
—Florence Gaub, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Though the 47th president has pledged to end wars and avoid becoming embroiled in new ones, his promises to reinforce America's military capabilities will redound in Taiwan and the South China Sea.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
That means China’s investments in clean energy redound to the rest of the world.
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 July 2025
Even if a multilateral nuclear force provided enhanced capabilities and thus a higher level of deterrence—whose benefits would also redound to the French and the British—the question of who held the ultimate launch authority would likely outweigh any other considerations.
—Florence Gaub, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Though the 47th president has pledged to end wars and avoid becoming embroiled in new ones, his promises to reinforce America's military capabilities will redound in Taiwan and the South China Sea.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
That means China’s investments in clean energy redound to the rest of the world.
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Democratic voting rights group estimate that gutting the Voting Rights Act’s protections against vote dilution could help Republicans win an additional 27 House seats − including 19 that would directly result from invalidating the law’s protections.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
15 Oct. 2025
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Others carried scars and marks on their forearms from dialysis treatments for kidney disease, which can result from cumulative damage to fragile blood vessels in the kidney from living with elevated blood glucose levels.—
Carrie Arnold,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Redound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redound. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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