result
Frequently Asked Questions
- The result was clearly an upset—the favorites lost to a weaker and less experienced team.
- Using cold butter yields better results when making pastry.
- The scandal has resulted in the resignation of three top officials.
Example Sentences
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The appeal states Mason was not "considered capable of international travel" and that a move from his current care environment "would likely result in a significant deterioration" in his physical and mental health.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
The result has been a huge expansion of two popular government bond trades, arbitraging Treasurys or British gilts against bond futures or swaps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
As a result, digoxin use has steadily declined, and only about 15 percent of heart failure patients now receive it.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
Yet Maresca played down the importance of the result, saying: "It's a defeat that hurts us, but it's just the beginning."
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
As a result, Jack couldn’t see more than a foot or two in front of him.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
The results weren’t there for the Dodgers as they head into Colorado for a three-game series against the last-place Rockies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
In Brazil, where personalities often matter more than party labels, powerful leaders have long tried to transfer their popularity to handpicked successors—with wildly mixed results.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Observer missions, including the European Union, called on parties to tone down inflammatory statements ahead of final results, due on Monday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Following Clarke's record-breaking spell, the demands on Pocognoli will be to deliver the same results as his predecessor, or better, while shifting the playing style and refreshing the squad.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
In 1945, sulfone drugs became the treatment of choice at Carville, and the results had been promising in the years since.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
California’s law was passed following a large measles outbreak centered at Disneyland that resulted in 131 cases in California alone, and spread to six other states, as well as Canada and Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
The only exception was 2021, when the pandemic resulted in millions of people working from home and upgrading their home offices.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
A DHS spokesperson didn’t answer questions about why so few prosecutions have resulted from HSI’s work.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
"This resulted in the proliferation of deals, nearly always with the 'other 14' clubs - Clubs who operate at much lower commercial fee levels than the global football brands," Maguire said.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Two million years ago, genetic mutations resulted in the appearance of a new human species called Homo erectus.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
More often, the resulting discoveries will sit somewhere in between those two emotional polarities.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
The players were caught, resulting in the coach benching them for an upcoming game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
My husband would prefer to sell some mutual funds, take the resulting tax hit, and replenish our cash reserves that way.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
The resulting sequence may reflect, at least in part, the order in which those reactions appeared during the earliest stages of biological evolution.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
Such cases can often be detected by analyzing the resulting morphological, genetic, or chromosomal differences between specimens of the same crop or domestic animal in different areas.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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