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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

The results suggest that manufacturers could shorten a costly production stage without sacrificing the battery performance measured during testing. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026 The Associated Press says GOP officials are worried that Libertarian candidates can siphon off votes in close elections across the country, making a difference in results come Tuesday night. — Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026 The initial results continue to suggest that neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s alliance nor a bloc of opposition parties led by Gadi Eisenkot is likely to have gained enough seats to form the next government. — New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026 The best comedy is simply tragedy divorced from melancholy, the results being paradoxically all the sadder for it. — Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026 Sanders has an 18-25 record while at Colorado, but the results on the field only tell a part of the story. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026 The Cuban government quickly hailed the results as a victory. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026 With 93% of the votes reported, nearly 76% of respondents chose to remain part of Canada, according to the preliminary referendum results. — Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 21 Oct. 2026 Multiple companies now offer products that promise to spot the difference, with often contradictory, biased or erratic results. — T.m. Brown, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for results

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Those with high levels of hope had better later outcomes in health, education and employment.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
This evolved into The ROS1ders, a global group of patients and caregivers that seeks to improve outcomes for all ROS1+ cancers through community, education, and research.

— STAT Staff, STAT, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of outcomes

Noun

Ultimately, Kipe said, the podcast is about helping others who are looking for answers.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
Helping other families Their experience seeking answers in Amy’s case and hearing other families describe similar struggles, prompted Shawn and Angie to consider starting a nonprofit years ago.

— Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of answers

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This turns out to be why Mac was taken in the first place, as well as why the Dowager Governess is willing to rip the world open in order to be reunited with her own child.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
Who knows how different that postseason turns out without that combination?

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of turns out

Noun

One woman went to police, but the brothers appear to have faced no consequences.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
The hopeful part is the part where the people who are dealing with the consequences of that look toward their community, look toward their friends, look toward the people around them for support, for help, for unity—all of those sorts of things.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of consequences

Noun

The conjecture predicts that for the curve xa = yb, a count of the matrix solutions will always collapse into a Rogers-Ramanujan-type identity.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026
Scaling membranes for extraction The next challenge is incorporating the channels into larger membranes capable of processing significant quantities of lithium-containing solutions.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of solutions

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October’s full moon follows September’s harvest moon, which marked when farmers would typically harvest their crops.

— Dharma Niles, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
The orbit decides what follows In low Earth orbit, satellites encounter traces of the atmosphere.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026