consequence
Example Sentences
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Consequence and cause are not necessarily the same thing.
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025
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 Constitution’s appropriations clause provides that “no Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.”
From Slate • Oct. 3, 2023
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
This Appearance however is purely a natural Consequence, quite simple, and cannot be otherwise; and the hot Regimen and Medicines are the most prevailing Causes of it.
From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)
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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