consequence
Example Sentences
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Investors also tracked the Strait of Hormuz—a critical chokepoint where around 20 million barrels a day of crude flow—as any disruption could have far-reaching consequences.
The dollar is gaining on the euro today, but the euro’s strength against the dollar is an inevitable consequence of flows into European equities, UBS said.
"Today's sentence underscores the consequences of conspiring with a regime that relies on violence and intimidation to survive," John Eisenberg, assistant attorney general for national security, said in a statement.
From Barron's
That so many people in Minneapolis have endangered themselves by waving phones in the faces of armed federal officers and shouting obscenities as if they were psychotic is one of many unhappy consequences.
In a policy document, the housing department said the delays were an "unintended consequence" of the post-Grenfell safety regime, and risked undermining the government's gigabit-capable broadband targets.
From BBC
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