UPSHOTS Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

upshots

noun

plural of upshot

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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By proactively addressing these areas, organizations can drive smoother implementation and better outcomes across care.

— Sameer Bhat, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
As school board president, Shaw said her major achievement was improving student outcomes.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of outcomes

Noun

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

Definition of consequences

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These platforms are colonizing existing speculative spaces—like election results and sporting outcomes—while profiting from areas of asymmetrical knowledge that were previously not possible to monetize.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Multiple sources say destabilization in the festival space points to the failure of an image-sanitization campaign involving Hollywood — one that’s costing Middle East investors too much and brought too few results.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of results

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My research provides a foundation for examining the internal architecture governing how pressure is processed before its effects become visible through decisions and behavior.

— Dr Natalie Callis, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
There’s a tremendous amount of intricate effects work on the film.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026

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