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noun

plural of result

as in outcomes

a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause the frequent computer crashes are an unexpected result of the new security software we installed

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something attained by mental effort and especially by computation a nonpartisan panel of experts did the math on the proposed tax cuts and spending programs and the result was an $800 billion federal deficit

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verb

present tense third-person singular of result

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Recent Examples of results

Noun

Until there is a method to identify CTE in a living brain, the results of the collective efforts to make football safer won’t be known for another 15 to 20 years. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026 The results helped engineers reconstruct the programming requirements needed for the BALDCU. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026 The approval was based on results from a trial that showed Mounjaro outperformed Trulicity in reducing the risk of major heart events. — Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 With results on the field this season being among the lowest points in the club’s now 30-year history, smiles have been few and far between. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026 Panettiere’s official cause and manner of death have not been determined, as additional testing results are pending. — Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026 Preliminary autopsy results found no signs of trauma that contributed to her death, Fox News Digital confirmed. — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Today’s shoppers are also increasingly spending their money on complete regimens, bundles and sets that have proven results. — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026 Companies, still paying for hours over results, inadvertently incentivize this behavior. — Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for results

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Argus also provides automated assessments intended to measure mission outcomes and includes Argus Chat, which allows analysts to query data using natural language.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026
These existing programs can be integrated into NYCG, improving food access and health outcomes.

— Marian Flaxman, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of outcomes

Noun

Those conspiracy theories, Wagner said, are often ways of looking at the world that provide answers to questions when an outcome is too uncomfortable for people.

— Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Saturday’s second preseason game against the Giants hopefully can yield some answers.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of answers

Verb

If the model works, Hund says Rare Ventures will expand to include more diseases and potentially fund more treatments.

— Brad Quick, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Related Stories The film follows Di Marco’s titular character, a disabled young adult who works as a dominant at a fetish house.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of works

Verb

So when Alex rejects the author of a romantasy novel entitled The Goblin Seed that turns out to be a bestseller, all hell breaks loose.

— Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 24 Aug. 2026
Tragically, Alice’s shower trauma turns out to be a big handicap for her in her pursuit of Catherine’s trust.

— Erin Qualey, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of turns out

Noun

Strong El Niño events, such as the one revving up in the tropical Pacific, have rarely spared the Golden State from significant and damaging consequences.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
As the consequences of this strategically catastrophic campaign become ever more apparent, the New Right’s clout is set to grow, having opposed the war from the start.

— Leonard A. Schuette, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of consequences

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The center runs workshops on how to build air purifiers, how to measure heat and temperature in homes, and teaches solutions for treating those problems.

— Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
For many of its leading figures, from the Impressionists in the 1870s to conceptual artists a century later, this also meant proposing new and better solutions to the problem of how to be and how to live together.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of solutions

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Directed by Kim Soo-hoon, the musical fantasy adventure follows Princess Romi, Heartsping, and their crew venturing into the deep sea to rescue Queen Velita.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026
The move follows efforts by Pinterest and LinkedIn to respond to users’ frustrations with AI slop in their feeds.

— Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026