redounded

past tense of redound
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. 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
  • 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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