upshot
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But regardless of the reason, the upshot was that even as the market-cap weighted S&P 500 fell sharply, the majority of equities within it rose, with the advancers beating decliners by 173.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
The upshot is the worlds-collide awkwardness of today’s AI moment, which—I nevertheless predict—will rapidly clarify itself as our metaphors become less sloppy and the punditry actually begins to learn what it’s talking about.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
"So, anyone claiming that was spreading lies, misinformation, to generate clicks on social media, to whip up the community, wind people up and this is the upshot of it."
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The upshot is hotter and drier conditions in some places, cooler and wetter in others.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The upshot of all this is that physics ended up with two bodies of laws–one for the world of the very small, one for the universe at large–leading quite separate lives.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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