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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as in result
a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause
a person's decision to purchase a certain automobile is often the resultant of an array of factors, ranging from the actual performance of the vehicle to the buyer's self-image
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Recent Examples of resultant
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.
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Jack King,
Vulture,
21 Aug. 2025
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Both aircraft were destroyed in the resultant crash with fire causing the death of four crew members on both planes.
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Jerry Shnay,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2026
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Adjective
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.
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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
Noun
This is because, as the authors of the study note, people holding grudges tend to feel a sense of righteousness surrounding their hurt, as well as with their experience of the resultant grudge itself.
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Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Both aircraft were destroyed in the resultant crash with fire causing the death of four crew members on both planes.
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Jerry Shnay,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resultant
Adjective
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The recovery has been further sidelined by Israel and the United States’ launching their February war on Iran and the consequent global shock to oil markets and spiking prices for mortgages and other types of borrowing.
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The Iran war and the consequent global surge in energy prices is having a ripple effect on the war in Ukraine.
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As a result, the concept of animal rights was non-existent and people were free to treat animals like any other inanimate property.
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Whatever the reasons, the result is somewhat ironic.
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The report found some shelter programs cost significantly more to operate than others, but due to incomplete and inconsistent data, auditors were unable to determine whether higher spending translated into better outcomes.
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The findings have since been replicated across multiple follow-up analyses and extended to include women, cognitive outcomes and blood pressure.
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Two wars in as many years with Israel — both launched on other’s behalf but with outsized consequences borne here — have resulted in thousands of dead, a million-plus displacement crisis and the leveling and occupation of wide swaths of the country.
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This is a direct consequence of one of the transformer architecture’s defining attributes.
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“Resultant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resultant. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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