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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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Our objective is to make voting better, and the outcomes more accurate with what’s going on.

— Paul Grein, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2026
Haroz and many other experts believe benchmarks can only get us so far, and that researchers need longitudinal data from AI companies to connect exposure to actual outcomes in real people.

— Laura Reiley, Vanity Fair, 9 Oct. 2026

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The consequences of these choices for American industry, workers, and labor market will be much larger than the – also important – pathways for entry level college graduates.

— Byron Auguste, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
Inclusion on the list could also presage a Section 301 investigation that could lead to legal consequences or restrictive import controls on the devices.

— Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 13 Oct. 2026

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Once a company selects a preferred motor approach, researchers can transition the results into Motor AI to generate detailed design configurations and engineering specifications.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
In 2025, Toho posted its best-ever results at the Japanese box office.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

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