outgrowth

Example Sentences

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“The road being built in this corrupt, cruel way was a natural outgrowth of everything set up in the first movie. We’re telling the audience right away, ‘We explore heavy themes in our story.’”

From Los Angeles Times

Beijing’s new role is also an outgrowth of the decade-old Belt and Road Initiative, the signature project of Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, to develop geopolitical and diplomatic ties through financial and commercial efforts.

From New York Times

Some of the attacks on Bragg from Trump’s followers have antisemitic overtones, another outgrowth of Trump’s influence.

From Washington Post

The family’s lawyers indicated that the burglary allegation was an outgrowth of his mental health issue, which his mother said periodically afflicted him since he was student at Freeman High School.

From Washington Post

And yet, in China, home to nearly 1 billion Internet users, there are some unique outgrowths to traditional plant-rearing.

From Washington Post