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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sequiturs
  1. deductions
  2. inferences
  3. conclusions
  4. determinations
  5. consequences
Noun
  • This status also serves as a crucial fundraising tool, as donations from alumni and others become eligible for tax deductions.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Sami claimed deductions totaling about $98,000 over three years as charitable and marketing expenses.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of deductions
Noun
  • Every industry needs people who can look at data, draw inferences from it, and act upon it.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Told in alternating POVs between a sorceress, a woman knight and a serving girl, this is a fever dream of a fantasy novel with plenty of room for readers to make their own inferences about what’s really going on.
    — S.M. Hallow, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of inferences
Noun
  • Does this first narrative feature from accomplished documentarian Lance Oppenheim draw new conclusions?
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The majority presented its ruling, which rejected the conclusions of two lower courts, as interim and limited.
    — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of conclusions
Noun
  • Yet this time, CDC political leadership questioned the state’s determinations in a politicized social media post and delayed adding the deaths to the national dashboard.
    — Demetre Daskalakis, STAT, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The move publicly challenges the accuracy of the state’s death determinations in an extraordinary move that breaks precedent that states are the arbiters of case and death determinations, not the CDC.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of determinations
Noun
  • Without criminal consequences, operators who profit from desecrating the dead have nothing to fear.
    — Susana Mendoza, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the system isn’t perfect, and its errors can lead to harrowing consequences.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of consequences

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“Sequiturs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequiturs. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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