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.
Example Sentences
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As a result, their strides were shorter, and their walking speeds were slower.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
The result was all the more remarkable as Bangladesh, who are the ninth-ranked Test team, had been bowled out for just 54 by a Cricket Australia XI in a warm-up match in Darwin days earlier.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
It didn’t find a full solution, but it made a related finding that one Stanford number theorist called “the most impressive result that AI has produced in math so far.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Before the vaccine era, hundreds of children a year in the U.S. were either killed by measles or suffered swelling of the brain as a result of the disease.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
In the end, most of the severe damage caused by the quake was the result of liquefaction.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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In Brazil, where personalities often matter more than party labels, powerful leaders have long tried to transfer their popularity to handpicked successors—with wildly mixed results.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
But since the results differed by ethnicity, further research is needed in larger samples to replicate the differences, she said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
Among those who have been able to return home are the Abdullah family, who fled as they were preparing to head to a local Wetherspoons pub to celebrate 18-year-old Dominic's A-level results.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Investors should consider both diversification and the total portfolio risk in their portfolios when comparing active and passive results, Framsted said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
I shared every detail with Tamika, from Sir Fig Newton’s no more oomph to the inconclusive test results.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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California’s law was passed following a large measles outbreak centered at Disneyland that resulted in 131 cases in California alone, and spread to six other states, as well as Canada and Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Surging energy costs and extreme weather events have resulted in utility bills swinging widely.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
A DHS spokesperson didn’t answer questions about why so few prosecutions have resulted from HSI’s work.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Meanwhile, an auction of 30-year Treasurys on Thursday resulted in the highest yield since 2001, highlighting U.S. fiscal concerns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
A superb Chinese tradition of bronze metallurgy had its origins in the third millennium B.C. and eventually resulted in China’s developing by far the earliest cast-iron production in the world, around 500 B.C.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Gut bacteria create these compounds when they digest the amino acids tyrosine and phenylalanine, but the resulting metabolites can have very different effects on health.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
More often, the resulting discoveries will sit somewhere in between those two emotional polarities.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
The players were caught, resulting in the coach benching them for an upcoming game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
My husband would prefer to sell some mutual funds, take the resulting tax hit, and replenish our cash reserves that way.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
S/he begins to have abnormal difficulty in concentrating or suddenly becomes hyper-focused on tasks, resulting in s/he losing track of time and/or neglecting him/herself or others.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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