result
Frequently Asked Questions
- The result was clearly an upset—the favorites lost to a weaker and less experienced team.
- Using cold butter yields better results when making pastry.
- The scandal has resulted in the resignation of three top officials.
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As a result, population growth is repressed, curbing tax revenue and potentially squeezing credit quality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
“You’re missing the performance because you’re not there as it unfolds, but you can still see the result face-to-face, without the filter of a video or photograph,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Whatever the game, whatever the result, Georgia Stanway always seems to score for England.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
The result is, I feel like I just end up paying for other people’s birthday dinners a lot, as well as my own, which is an imbalance.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
As a result, the Allies rounded up twenty-two top Nazi officers to stand trial at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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“The results, take full responsibility,” Ohtani said through interpreter Will Ireton on Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Previously, plastic surgery had attempted to reconstruct "some semblance of an ear" using skin and tissue taken from other parts of his body, but the results could not replicate the shape of a natural ear.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
A Bank of America spokesperson told AFP its results would include a $1.2 billion charge weighing on net income by around 17 cents per share.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo and Citigroup reported third-quarter results on Tuesday, kicking off a mixed Wall Street earnings season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Polls closed on the East Coast and results began pouring in.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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He noticed it worked in other parts of the U.S., in places like Houston, where similar legislation resulted in more home-building.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Combining them resulted in an annualized return of 17.1% since July 1963.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
These storms, combined with high tides and the Kelvin wave, which can add 6 to 12 inches to background sea levels, have resulted in significant damage and a reshaping of the coast over the summer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Media reports said the revision resulted in more than 133 million names being removed from electoral lists.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
On offense, the Fugees’ strength was at left forward in Josiah, whose runs down the sideline had resulted in a half-dozen goals so far.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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"Due to the effects of severe El Nino conditions, temperatures across the country have risen significantly, resulting in increased electricity consumption," the energy ministry said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
“This could ultimately be a multibillion-dollar change that was resulting from largely this one sailor’s interaction with the president,” said Bryan Clark, a naval expert with the Hudson Institute, a Washington think tank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
When a radio frequency generator sends a signal into the capacitor, the resulting electromagnetic field interacts with the plasma filament.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026
High surf battered parts of Huntington Beach, resulting in localized flooding on streets in the Sunset Beach area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
The resulting artificial habitat was meant only for humans and 'their' plants and animals, and was often fenced off by walls and hedges.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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