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consequent

[kon-si-kwent, -kwuhnt] / ˈkɒn sɪˌkwɛnt, -kwənt /


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Developments in the Middle East and consequent movements in energy prices will remain firmly on investors’ radar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

"The study really shows that there are big knowledge gaps across the supply chain, in terms of the hazards people are being exposed to, the consequent health impacts, and who is being exposed," Buonocore said.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2025

Then there is the near stalemate on the front line - and the consequent shift in focus by the Russian army to disrupt supply lines instead.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

While providing lower-carbon fuel to California truckers, with consequent reductions in pollution and greenhouse gases, the shift increased concentration in the gasoline-refining market, leading to more pricing power.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2024

The literature of veterinary medicine abounds in similar examples: swine eating sprayed cockleburs with consequent severe illness, lambs eating sprayed thistles, bees poisoned by pasturing on mustard sprayed after it came into bloom.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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