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consequent

[kon-si-kwent, -kwuhnt] / ˈkɒn sɪˌkwɛnt, -kwənt /


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Developments in the Middle East and consequent movements in energy prices will remain firmly on investors’ radar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 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

“For example, home building could be delayed because of a reduction in specific skills” resulting in “a consequent increase in unemployment for the remaining workforce.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 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

For the first time I realized that there were other students like me, and so I was able to frame the meaning of my academic success, its consequent price—the loss.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez




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