outgrowth
Example Sentences
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His blunder is captured in the false proposition that birthright citizenship “crossed the Atlantic with the colonists—and was adopted with little fanfare after the Revolution” as an outgrowth of the common law of England.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
The injured tissue produced substantial neurite outgrowth, meaning the long extensions that allow neurons to communicate began growing again.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2026
The trend was a natural outgrowth of the North American Free Trade Agreement, signed in 1994, which lowered tariffs between the U.S.,
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2025
“The healthcare system we have now is an accidental outgrowth of efforts to combat post-World War II inflation,” he writes.
From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2024
The project was an outgrowth of the secret research Oliphant had been conducting at Birmingham.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
