consequence
Example Sentences
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Coaches flout regulations against enticing student athletes to transfer to stack their teams with stars with little consequence.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
"The likely consequence for passengers is not that air travel suddenly becomes unavailable," he said.
From Barron's • May 9, 2026
One major consequence is that many harmful microbes are becoming resistant to antibiotics and disinfectants, creating serious challenges for medicine and public health.
From Science Daily • May 8, 2026
They could be shamed for bad behavior—even, on occasion, reap a consequence or two—and preferred dog whistles over airhorns.
From Slate • May 6, 2026
In the Lucretian universe the gods are indifferent to human beings, and human beings are an accidental consequence of the random jostling together of atoms.
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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