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a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause
the upshot of the court's ruling is that a number of communities will now have to change their gun laws
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Recent Examples of upshot
One upshot of the current glut of streaming platforms is a flood of programming to fill them: something for every attention span, something to plug every potential gap of viewer inactivity that might render a certain streaming service irrelevant while some other service pulls ahead.
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Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 3 July 2024
The biggest upshot, said organizers, was finding new hosts in the Shinnecock Nation – the oldest self-governing Native tribe in New York.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 26 June 2024
One upshot of that was an increase in the number of complete nest failures in which every single nestling in a nest died.
—Lee Alan Dugatkin, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
But one possible upshot of a more starkly divided world is that the most important Gulf monarchies could end up on the other side.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 24 May 2022
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Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 3 July 2024
The biggest upshot, said organizers, was finding new hosts in the Shinnecock Nation – the oldest self-governing Native tribe in New York.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 26 June 2024
One upshot of that was an increase in the number of complete nest failures in which every single nestling in a nest died.
—Lee Alan Dugatkin, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
But one possible upshot of a more starkly divided world is that the most important Gulf monarchies could end up on the other side.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 24 May 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for upshot
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Basically this is an outcome of being very successful.Bob Guccione Jr., SPIN, 10 Dec. 2024
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Despite spending nearly 18 percent of its GDP on health—the highest among high-income countries—the United States ranks last in outcomes such as life expectancy and preventable deaths, according to both The Lancet and the Commonwealth Fund's Mirror, Mirror 2024 report.Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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The results were nothing short of extraordinary: over 100 million streams were secured using SuperFile’s encryption and tracking capabilities.Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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The election results scored a tactical victory for Lombardo, as without coveted two-thirds supermajorities in both legislative chambers, Democrats can’t override his vetoes.Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Dec. 2024
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Designers had initially hoped to tunnel beneath the rail line, but UP refused permission, the resultant bridge adding well over $15 million to the project cost, according to Ellerman.Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 29 June 2023
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The 12-page unclassified summary of the Biden administration’s after action report on the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan laid most of the blame for the rapid defeat of Afghan forces and the resultant need for a chaotic 17-day evacuation on the Trump administration's failure to plan.Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 7 Apr. 2023
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In the months leading up to the attack, Mangione frequently posted on X about the negative health consequences of modern technology.Nik Popli, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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Mia seems determined to rope as many people into her chaos as much as possible, consequences be damned.Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Upshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upshot. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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