resulting (in)

verb

present participle of result (in)
as in causing
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind) the mix of icy conditions and rush-hour traffic resulted in a number of accidents on the interstate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resulting (in)
  1. causing
  2. creating
  3. generating
  4. bringing
  5. prompting
  6. bringing about
  7. doing
  8. drawing on
Verb
  • The demand for memory chips in the data centers being built to power AI is causing a shortage and sending prices skyrocketing.
    — Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 31 July 2026
  • Rodriguez was appointed after Republican senators held the seat open for three years, causing backed up court dockets, some experts said.
    — Julia Coin July 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
Definition of causing
Verb
  • Last year, Holscher and Corson both voted to approve a 20-year sales tax exemptions for developers who commit to investing $250 million and creating at least 20 permanent jobs.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
  • Creator culture can imitate the feeling of belonging without creating the lasting structure of belonging.
    — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of creating
Verb
  • Multiple schools are at the center of incidents in which teens are facing legal consequences for generating fake explicit images of their classmates.
    — Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • The wearables generating circadian scores A growing crop of devices now translates light exposure, temperature, movement and heart-rate data into circadian metrics.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 21 July 2026
Definition of generating
Verb
  • Two more men with stab wounds related to the incident were found at a hospital, according to Smith, bringing the total victim count to five.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 26 July 2026
  • Rekindling the product-first focus may mean bringing that fire to only some devices, like foldables or glasses, while creating small, passionate groups that can bypass the institutional inertia of the larger organization.
    — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 25 July 2026
Definition of bringing
Verb
  • Two of the state’s best players recently tried and failed to change schools for their senior seasons, prompting one to head to college.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 July 2026
  • The project is one of Georgia’s largest, prompting promises of economic prosperity from backers and outrage among thousands of residents who just learned of the plans.
    — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of prompting
Verb
  • Quantum heat engine Heat engines were critical in bringing about the Industrial Revolution.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
  • In 2019, a German nurse who murdered 87 patients by deliberately bringing about cardiac arrests was given a life sentence.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
Definition of bringing about
Verb
  • Chinese institutions have the capabilities and are doing cutting edge work, said Huang.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
  • The Red Bull Showrun, a live high-speed motorsports demonstration, will feature Formula 1 cars burning out and doing donuts on a roughly half-mile stretch of Hank Aaron Drive.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of doing
Verb
  • Multiple studies using different approaches reached broadly consistent conclusions, illustrating how scientists conducting attribution studies can build confidence in the conclusions by drawing on several independent lines of evidence.
    — Deepti Singh, The Conversation, 24 July 2026
  • Barroca was drawing on a sentiment expressed two decades earlier, when Brazil won the 1994 World Cup.
    — Colin Millar, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Definition of drawing on
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