consequence
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Every leaked document absorbed without consequence, every ethics violation quietly settled, every financial disclosure confirming what everyone suspected.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
His portrait of Sikh separatist leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale captured a moment heavy with tension and consequence.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
Companies have moved on from lifting prices to now reducing output as a consequence of the war in Iran.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026
Historic unemployment, lower quality of life and sunken morale among workers—and it won’t be without consequence.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
Galen’s extraordinary logorrhoea—his surviving works amount to 3 million words, and represent perhaps a third of what he wrote—is the consequence of his obsessive and futile effort to overcome this insuperable obstacle.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing consequence
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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