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Recent Examples of result
Noun
But in the short term, the airline industry is making adjustments to improve flight delays and cancellations that result from air traffic control problems. Sydney Lake, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025 Our formula factors accuracy, passing yardage, touchdown/interception ratio and team result. Greg Cote october 7, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
But vets found that, while her health had improved, her blindness was permanent—likely the result of a congenital condition. Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025 Short, clear sentences usually get the best results. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for result
Recent Examples of Synonyms for result
Noun
  • But federal prosecutors in Brooklyn say the ex-athletes and all the other players were in on a ruse, using technology to rig the outcome.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Of course, a reliable method for measuring a team’s performance is to use underlying metrics to understand the team’s process more than its outcomes.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Buffalo Bills have been knocking on the door of Super Bowl Sunday for years, but have yet to receive an answer.
    Max Dible, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The short answer is no, stress isn't considered a direct cause of brain aneurysms.
    Sohaib Imtiaz, Health, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Although the Peacock adaptation didn't show a full shot of Gacy in his clown costume, the series included scenes of him talking about his passion for dressing up as a clown and publicly performing as one.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • In service jobs, Black workers labored as porters, chauffeurs, and servers; in manufacturing plants, white supremacist pseudoscience was harnessed to justify forcing Black workers to perform the most difficult and dangerous work.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Without an excellent performance from the Italian, Spurs would doubtless be travelling back to north London following a second defeat in four days.
    Elias Burke, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Passmore explains the mix of personal reflection and historical storytelling in the book which follows the main character, a version of himself, time-traveling through a century of the Black radical tradition.
    Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Moyes and assistant McKinlay both remonstrated with the fourth official at the resultant flash of a yellow card.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The resultant program or app is established without any need for understanding computer programming.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Whether the on-site power is a short or long-term solution for hyperscalers, Liberty has an answer.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
  • There’s a simple solution that makes patio lounging enjoyable in these cooler months, and that’s a patio heater.
    Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Jones was acting as an unofficial coach for the Lakers in 2023, per the documents.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • That moment wasn’t your typical ‘kid acts impulsively and messes up the mission’ type of scene.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The embezzlement accusations would turn out to be just the beginning of Ozer’s troubles.
    Steve Belanger, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The Wall Street Journal reports that regardless of how that fiscal tug-of- war turns out, health insurance premiums paid by Americans are expected to rise another 8% or 9% next year.
    Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Result.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/result. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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