Thesaurus results for SEQUITURS

sequiturs

noun

plural of sequitur

as in deductions

an opinion arrived at through a process of reasoning a reasonable sequitur from that announcement is that you'll be leaving the company

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Recent Examples of sequiturs The dialogue is goofy, with plenty of puns and non-sequiturs. — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 10 June 2026

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Noun

Yes, clubs have fallen foul of slightly breaking Premier League rules in the past and have received points deductions as a result.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
What is likely is point deductions, enforced looking forward, not backward.

— Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of deductions

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La Liga is yet to release distribution amounts for 2025-26 but, based on previous seasons and inferences which can be drawn from Barca’s latest figures, the amount the club must hand over to Sixth Street is in the region of €40million per year.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Stevens allowed the case to proceed, noting there were multiple inferences to draw from the evidence and that one interpretation implicated Perillo.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of inferences

Noun

This is the language the show has used thus far, in that Hal often comes to conclusions and fills in the gaps for us after the fact.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026
But to jump to conclusions that the intent of this celebration was to drink alcohol and specifically beer was a leap.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of conclusions

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The government expects states to rely increasingly on third-party data — on things such as workers’ compensation claims or prescription information — to help make determinations.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
Clinicians should be working to support us, not fumbling incompetently or making paternalistic determinations.

— Meg LeDuc, STAT, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of determinations

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After all, if the ultimate goal of a central bank is to regulate the temperature of an economy by changing the cost of credit, then the fact that credit is increasingly extended by the bond market rather than banks inevitably has consequences.

— Robin Wigglesworth, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026
Anyone considering those options should read the official settlement notice carefully because the legal consequences differ from simply submitting a claim.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

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