consequence
Example Sentences
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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
She said the cuts outlined by UU were "a real-world consequence of the executive not being funded to its level of need".
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
The typical consequence is that bond rallies tend to overshoot, with the result that they reverse in the subsequent month.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026
Historic unemployment, lower quality of life and sunken morale among workers—and it won’t be without consequence.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 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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