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upshot

[uhp-shot] / ˈʌpˌʃɒt /


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The upshot is that those premiums are, for the most part, guaranteed to remain fixed and never increase over your entire lifetime, as long as the monthly payments are maintained.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

The upshot: American consumers are set to keep paying more for fuel to stay inside the U.S.’s borders.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

There was no political upshot of these remarks.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

The upshot is that global cruise passenger volume has exploded.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

The upshot is that by the turn of the twentieth century, paleontologists had literally tons of old bones to pick over.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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