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consequence

[kon-si-kwens, -kwuhns] / ˈkɒn sɪˌkwɛns, -kwəns /




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The Constitution is unambiguous: “No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.”

From Barron's • Oct. 6, 2025

The person was "currently well and was admitted to a High Consequence Infectious Disease unit," it said.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2025

Wilson zeroed in on the Constitution’s appropriations clause, which states that “no money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.”

From Slate • Oct. 20, 2022

The music site Consequence of Sound announced last month that one of its biggest regrets was giving her 2017 album, “Reputation,” a D+ and “screwing up the Metacritic score.”

From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2022

The Froth or Foam, which is one of the Causes of their Death, is too thick and tough to discharge itself, in Consequence of its own Weight.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)




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