consequent

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Investors will be watching these figures to gauge how the economy has fared since the start of the war in the Middle East and the consequent spike in energy prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

"The study really shows that there are big knowledge gaps across the supply chain, in terms of the hazards people are being exposed to, the consequent health impacts, and who is being exposed," Buonocore said.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2025

Then there is the near stalemate on the front line - and the consequent shift in focus by the Russian army to disrupt supply lines instead.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

Arm in arm with this, and less discussed, is the death of deductive logic, the ability to understand cause and effect by composing simple conditional arguments with an antecedent and a consequent.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2025

More than any other mark, the comma draws our attention to the mixed origins of modern punctuation, and its consequent mingling of two quite distinct functions: 1.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author