Examples of resultant in a Sentence
Adjective
She deserves credit for the increase in sales and the resultant increase in profit.
frequent trips to the ice cream parlor and the resultant weight gain were starting to affect my tennis game
Noun
a person's decision to purchase a certain automobile is often the resultant of an array of factors, ranging from the actual performance of the vehicle to the buyer's self-image
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Noah Barsky, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Diehl goes to great lengths to embody a figure noxious to the eyes and ears — in the most subtle, skin-crawling ways — with the crouched body language of a man resultant to be seen.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 May 2025
Jay Kakade
june 14, New Atlas, 14 June 2025
Meanwhile caretakers are concerned with something that can be even more challenging to address: the psychological trauma resultant from years of abuse in captivity.
—Ryley Graham, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2025
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Adjective
Those core competencies and extensive insider knowledge will be tested with the looming activist investor row, cybersecurity investigation, resultant remediation plans and likely shareholder litigation.
—Noah Barsky, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Diehl goes to great lengths to embody a figure noxious to the eyes and ears — in the most subtle, skin-crawling ways — with the crouched body language of a man resultant to be seen.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 May 2025
Noun
After cooling, the resultant solid was ground into powder to produce the final pigment.
—Jay Kakade
june 14, New Atlas, 14 June 2025
Meanwhile caretakers are concerned with something that can be even more challenging to address: the psychological trauma resultant from years of abuse in captivity.
—Ryley Graham, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2025
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“Resultant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resultant. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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resultant
1 of 2 adjective
re·sul·tant
ri-ˈzəlt-ᵊnt 
: coming from or resulting from something else
resultantly
adverb
resultant
2 of 2 noun
: something that results : outcome
especially
: the single vector that is the sum of a given set of vectors
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