as in resulted
formal
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 redounded
This has both saved lives and redounded enormously to our benefit economically, culturally, and socially.
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Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
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performed
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Although the Dodgers’ bullpen performed well to get 10 outs after Glasnow was done.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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The Dodgers, for their part, have performed quite well despite their primary offensive engine not firing properly.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Redounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redounded. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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