RESULTING Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

resulting 1 of 2

adjective

as in resultant

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resulting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of result

as in redounding

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Recent Examples of resulting

Adjective

Workers will dispute which tasks should be automated and how resulting gains should be distributed. — Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Verb

These incidents are most often natural, resulting from heart attacks or medical emergencies, but more rarely can be the result of accidents, suicide or violence. — Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for resulting

Adjective

Both aircraft were destroyed in the resultant crash with fire causing the death of four crew members on both planes.

— Jerry Shnay, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2026
The resultant work will ultimately be publicly presented, and as part of the residency’s stipulations, Rowe will retain intellectual property rights to and ownership of it.

— News Desk, Artforum, 22 May 2026

Definition of resultant

Verb

More than 40,000 Rivian electric delivery vans were operating in Amazon’s network by 2026, up from more than 30,000 at the end of 2025.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
Leaders may learn the importance of listening while operating within decision processes that leave little room for employee influence.

— Gwen Mdinaradze, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of operating

Verb

Her first job as CEO in 2014 was to remake the century-old company’s corporate culture and regain customers’ trust following a tragic, reputation-wrecking ignition-switch crisis.

— Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
The seven Chi Phi members in question were expelled or suspended, but some of them were allowed to continue their education at the university following a monthslong Title IX investigation.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of following

Adjective

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.

— Alexander Smith, NBC news, 23 June 2026
The Iran war and the consequent global surge in energy prices is having a ripple effect on the war in Ukraine.

— Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 2 Apr. 2026

Definition of consequent

Verb

His new project, Flop, aims to create a spot market for computing power, where participants are rewarded with Flop tokens for providing GPUs and performing AI inference.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
The Crew-12 astronauts were very busy during their nearly 10 months off Earth, performing a variety of maintenance work and dozens of scientific experiments.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of performing

Verb

Under their proposal, the intervening day before a vote to break a filibuster would be eliminated and debate time condensed, removing dead time from the Senate floor.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026
In that intervening century, women gained the vote and man went to the moon, but the appeal of entering an alternate universe where men pose no threat to the dreams of ambitious women remained constant.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of intervening

Adjective

Of the roughly 400 bills, 108 were bans of kratom or its related chemicals, compared with 258 that set age limits, licensing requirements and potency limits, or banned synthetic kratom while keeping natural forms legal.

— Chris Hacker, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026
In 2024-25, working with the County manager’s office, the Bocc unanimously approved my Farmland Preservation Plan, and a related ordinance to establish an Agriculture Advisory Board (AAB) of local farmers.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of related

Verb

Graduations and weddings, for example, are another channel that’s working extremely well.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
There is also a kids club providing childcare and kid-friendly activities provided by a team with over eight years experience working with children.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026

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