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consequence

[kon-si-kwens, -kwuhns] / ˈkɒn sɪˌkwɛns, -kwəns /




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It turns out that cataclysmic global events aren’t necessarily the consequence of large forces and economic laws; often they’re the result of individual folly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

In other words, the earliest necks may have been a consequence of adaptations for locomotion rather than an adaptation for improved vision or head movement.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

Another point Privorotsky makes is that if the expansion of future compute is constrained, then the value of existing, energized compute rises as a consequence.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Had Verstappen not passed Hamilton as a consequence of the incident, Leclerc could have given the place back by Turn 11 as was required by the rules.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Yet tool-making is of little consequence unless it is coupled with the ability to cooperate with many others.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

They say they can’t determine whether any current scholarships, admissions policies, student groups or curricular choices would run afoul of the Internal Revenue Service and risk disastrous financial consequences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

You’re likely to see the consequences of the way you donate come tax time.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 14, 2026

Other officials were supposedly worried about the national security consequences.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

"Our findings show that the immune-related consequences of an acute viral infection can persist beyond the period in which the virus is detectable, leaving the animals in an immunocompromised state."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026

Shavuot had come and gone, and Anya turned twelve and became a bat mitzvah, which meant she was responsible for her own actions and had to answer for consequences as a result of them.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack


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