outgrowth

Example Sentences

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“The road being built in this corrupt, cruel way was a natural outgrowth of everything set up in the first movie. We’re telling the audience right away, ‘We explore heavy themes in our story.’”

From Los Angeles Times

The RSF is an outgrowth of the old Janjaweed Arab militia that was responsible for the genocide and other atrocities carried out in Darfur against Sudanese African tribes.

From Washington Post

The home garden plots and irrigation system were Clark’s creation, a natural outgrowth of her spouse’s eight years at the Interbay P-Patch and a reflection of Weiner’s serious passion for gardening.

From Seattle Times

The April 19, 1995, massacre at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City — the second anniversary of the Waco siege’s end — was an outgrowth of the Waco siege, federal officials said then.

From Washington Times

The effort to restrict abortion in far-reaching ways is an outgrowth of last year’s U.S.

From Seattle Times