consequence
Example Sentences
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“If you’re committing a serious crime, deportation is a likely consequence and a valid consequence.”
On the other hand, failing to prepare can have dangerous consequences, as evidenced by security failures in Iraq after the 2003 U.S. invasion.
That breakthrough would have far-reaching consequences for AI development, prenatal policy, animal welfare, medicine, mental health care, law, and emerging technologies such as brain-computer interfaces.
From Science Daily
Sam Rose, director of Gaza affairs for the UN's Palestinian refugee agency Unrwa, told the BBC that this will have "major negative consequences on the ability of international organisations to provide healthcare inside Gaza".
From BBC
"And I was just all the time thinking, this is Aaron's fault, there needs to be some consequences."
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
