as in outcomes
a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause
the upshot of the court's ruling is that a number of communities will now have to change their gun laws
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Noun
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The best way to overcome this skepticism is to speak their language and tie coaching outcomes to measurable business metrics like team productivity, retention rates and innovation cycles.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025 -
This precise resource allocation reduces compute usage, cooling requirements and costs—all without sacrificing business outcomes.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But their consequences will not.—
The Editors,
National Review,
8 Jan. 2025
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This divide has serious consequences for gender equality and economic opportunity.—
Joseph Cimpian,
The Conversation,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Upshots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upshots. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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