consequent

Example Sentences

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Producer-price data for March due Tuesday will give clues on how the war in the Middle East and the consequent spike in energy prices have fed through into pipeline inflationary pressures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

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

It said this step was "both reasonable and required in light of her cognitive impairment and consequent inability to drive safely".

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2024

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

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