consequence
Example Sentences
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According to Soto, who is expecting her third child, the fact that her husband was married to an American citizen and had two children who were also citizens was of no consequence.
From Salon • May 30, 2026
Digital technology isn’t merely accelerating some inevitable tide but is a force unto itself—one that makes solitary leisure more appealing, corrodes the incentives for sociality and, as a downstream consequence, reduces marriage and fertility.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
It might own a $100 billion stake in SpaceX, a consequence of its 2015 investment in the rocket company.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
What we need to protect us from financial ruin is strong consumer protections against a damaging consequence of getting cancer in America: financial toxicity.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
Lyell had argued that the current landscape of the earth was the consequence of natural forces that had accumulated over millions of years.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing consequence
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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