consequent

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What that means is that if one car is still deploying energy when another is recovering, there is a near-500bhp offset in engine power - and a consequent massive speed differential.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

But private consumption likely remained relatively strong, driven by cuts to the goods-and-services tax and the consequent boost to consumer purchases, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

While providing lower-carbon fuel to California truckers, with consequent reductions in pollution and greenhouse gases, the shift increased concentration in the gasoline-refining market, leading to more pricing power.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2024

The consequent higher prices, inevitably, fall hardest on those least able to bear the brunt.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2024

It may well be that some of the findings about diminished reproduction are also linked with interference with biological oxidation, and consequent depletion of the all-important storage batteries of ATP.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson