consequence
Example Sentences
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One consequence is that people cannot wear religious clothing and work in public-sector professions like teaching or the civil service.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
The typical consequence is that bond rallies tend to overshoot, with the result that they reverse in the subsequent month.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026
Historic unemployment, lower quality of life and sunken morale among workers—and it won’t be without consequence.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
The consequence, which strikes some as counterintuitive, is that a stock with a higher absolute yield may nevertheless be considered a worse bet than another with a lower absolute yield.
From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026
The delayed recognition of the gene as the answer to the central problem of biology had a strange consequence: genetics had to be reconciled with other major fields of biology as an afterthought.
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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