consequence
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"This is a self-inflicted wound. The organisation has pressed the self-destruct button, and the consequence of that flow now into the solutions to be that need to be found."
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
He told AFP debt delinquency was "not a consequence of individual decisions" but the result of "a macroeconomic context that has worsened incomes, employment and economic activity."
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Another consequence was that the nation had to endure the worst inflation since the early 1980s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Baryon number conservation also has a much more tangible consequence.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
In consequence you get to know your fellow hikers at least a little, quite well if you meet them nightly at the shelters.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
"There are no critical consequences from such attacks. There have not been and cannot be."
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
“I worry a bit about unintended consequences, however, as this could mean the Chinese buy even less total oil from the market, cut runs even more, and export even less.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
“Higher capacity is required for complex transactions like contracts, which require not just grasping the immediate exchange, but also comprehending finer details, consequences and the broader context.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
The findings could also have important practical consequences.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
It is this sort of revolution, a revolution of unintended consequences and unforeseen outcomes, that Butterfield intended to evoke by the term ‘the Scientific Revolution’.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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