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as a result

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ADVERB
accordingly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
appropriately correspondingly properly proportionately respectively subsequently therefore thus
STRONG
consequently in due course
WEAK
as a consequence duly equally ergo fitly hence in consequence in respect to in that event resultantly so suitably then under the circumstances
Antonyms
WEAK
inappropriately unsuitably
PREPOSITION
through
Synonyms
WEAK
as a consequence at the hand of because of by by dint of by means of by reason by the agency of by virtue of for in consequence of in virtue of per through the medium of using via with with the help of
Antonyms
WEAK
around

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Instead, he seems to live for provocation, and doesn’t care who suffers as a result of him having fun.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

Russian authorities reported “a massive cyberattack, as a result of which attackers were able to send out false information to the public.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

"Hundreds of thousands of foreign care workers and their families will be spared" as a result of Shabana Mahmood's "back down on curbs to immigration", the Times reports.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Eleanor Hazel Aldred-Owen died at Liverpool's Alder Hey Hospital on 2 October 2023 - a coroner concluded she died as a result of misadventure, contributed to by neglect.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

How long are you going to punish me as a result of it?

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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