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result

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verb

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Recent Examples of result
Noun
After the results of a close Marshall City Council race in central Missouri had been certified, Hoskins' office received a complaint about the tallying of write-in votes, recounted them itself and instructed city officials to change the results. Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026 Researchers urge restraint on how consumers interpret the results. Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
That result almost exactly matches the Pixel Watch 4 (56 hours), and remains impressive for a flagship smartwatch. Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026 Financial crimes, which often result from scam emails or phone calls, made up 36% of all property offenses reported between January and June. Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for result
Recent Examples of Synonyms for result
Noun
  • Taking a page from professional players associations, Abruzzo sees sectoral bargaining—where unions and multiple employers set baseline, industry-wide compensation and workplace standards—as the preferable long-term outcome for college athletes.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 Sep. 2026
  • There are four possible outcomes, all with various chances of coming to fruition.
    Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Kindness and clarity can share the same sentence, especially when both people need an honest answer.
    Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2026
  • More than answers A mathematical proof can settle a question, but researchers also care about the machinery behind it.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Or Dalia’s spontaneous ability to perform the same ritual effectively without the usual cohort of Nasmaranian trustees in the video by reciting a few lines of laughable formal Arabic.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
  • At scale, those infrastructure inefficiencies can multiply with thousands of agents performing millions of tasks per day.
    Nicola Sfondrini, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Moreno followed with his RBI single off Bryan King (2-4) to give Arizona the lead.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Drivers notoriously focus intensely on performance, and, like any athletes, have learned to ignore cues everyday people may follow.
    Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Surprisingly, despite his role in the Fast & Furious franchise and the resultant persona fans project on him, Gibson is, admittedly, not interested in pursuing motorsport and had never been drifting.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Ilie and Ghodla modeled the environment in which the resultant black hole seeds would exist and merge, calculating merger rates and the influence on the gravitational wave background.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Parents and communities are finding solutions Libraries nationwide are opening or decking out teen centers with podcast and music recording studios, as well as gaming consoles.
    Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
  • However, legal solutions aren’t enough without forward-looking policy and sustained accountability.
    Susan Morrisey, STAT, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Looks like the method acting (stopping his heart medication in order to play a dying man) paid off.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The Louisiana state court sought to enjoin the SEC from acting against LSU for rostering the players, but even then LSU chose not to roster the players — at least not yet.
    Seth Emerson, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Other times, my intuition turned out to be wrong, and there was no real arbitrage opportunity after all.
    Alec Litowitz, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The bill turned out to be part of an elaborate FBI sting that resulted in 14 legislators, lobbyists and others being sent to prison.
    Dan Morain, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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“Result.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/result. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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