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corollary

[kawr-uh-ler-ee, kor-, kuh-rol-uh-ree] / ˈkɔr əˌlɛr i, ˈkɒr-, kəˈrɒl ə ri /


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Fair enough, but the corollary of that case is that the platform Bluesky exists to counter, X, is somehow a more authentic representation of the world.

From Slate Jul. 14, 2026

If, as the old saying goes, “all politics is local,” then the modern-day corollary in an era of smartphones is, “all conflict is global.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 18, 2026

One corollary number that Resendez points to is that median household income is around $80,000.

From MarketWatch Mar. 4, 2026

The corollary is lower sales, thinner margins and smaller corporate profits.

From Barron's Feb. 20, 2026

And a nogas regulation would have the corollary benefit of automatically reducing trash and crowding because considerably fewer people would attempt Everest if they knew supplemental oxygen was not an option.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

There are clear corollaries between then and now.

From Barron's Feb. 24, 2026

While there are many corollaries, “Girls State” is, in compelling and illuminating ways, not a twin to “Boys State.”

From Seattle Times Apr. 3, 2024

As a result, mathematicians tended to keep their discoveries to themselves, deploying their theorems, corollaries and lemmas only to win intellectual battles.

From Scientific American Apr. 24, 2023

“Borgen” has always winked at real-life political events, and here, too, the corollaries resonate.

From New York Times May 26, 2022

For us, such struggles — for sunglasses, long trousers, study privileges, equalized food — were corollaries to the struggle we waged outside prison.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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