resultant 1 of 2

as in consequent
coming as a result frequent trips to the ice cream parlor and the resultant weight gain were starting to affect my tennis game

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resultant

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noun

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Recent Examples of resultant
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The resultant pollution from the Canadian blazes spread across Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio and even reached as far as Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and Mississippi, according to the report. Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 28 Aug. 2025 The resultant imagery is all eerily fascistic: the British army takes to the streets of London, and the press are rounded up to be taken to a non-specified location. Jack King, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2025
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The resultant pollution from the Canadian blazes spread across Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio and even reached as far as Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and Mississippi, according to the report. Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 28 Aug. 2025 The resultant fertilized dire wolf eggs were implanted into and born by surrogate dog mothers, resulting in the successful resurrection of an Ice Age-era species. Mike Snider, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for resultant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resultant
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  • The consequent rollback of domestic policies promoting wind and solar power, as well as electric vehicles, has resulted in a sharply slower pace of domestic decarbonization, a report by the Rhodium Group found recently.
    Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • In the end, the book circles back to the Jewish search for a home after the catastrophe of World War II and, in just a few potent pages, the consequent suffering of the Palestinians, magnified by the current horrific destruction underway in Gaza.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
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  • It’s long been stated that his departure was the result of a disagreement with van Doesburg over the use of diagonal lines in De Stijl artworks, which van Doesburg supported and Mondrian was against.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 15 Oct. 2025
  • This format typically includes all performances, judge feedback, and elimination results.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
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  • Such an outcome is far from certain.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Seeking to improve these outcomes, an international team of scientists, led by researchers at Australia's Flinders University, has created a compound consisting of a bioceramic scaffold embedded with silver-gallium liquid metal.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2025
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  • Instead of hearing that Bullmer, who the audience find out was the culprit all along, faces consequences off-screen, the movie kills him in the climax.
    Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The consequences of getting it wrong are exponentially greater than with social media.
    Sean Evins, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
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  • The product will be available directly from NVIDIA and select third-party partners.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
  • No reports of illnesses have been reported by the FDA in connection with the consumption of the affected products.
    Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Resultant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resultant. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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