consequent
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But private consumption likely remained relatively strong, driven by cuts to the goods-and-services tax and the consequent boost to consumer purchases, they said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
“For example, home building could be delayed because of a reduction in specific skills” resulting in “a consequent increase in unemployment for the remaining workforce.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2025
However, an eye injury and consequent lack of sparring, chaos instigated by his team and tragedy back home in Lancashire all contributed to Fury's demise.
From BBC • Dec. 18, 2024
The consequent higher prices, inevitably, fall hardest on those least able to bear the brunt.
From Salon • Oct. 8, 2024
It may well be that some of the findings about diminished reproduction are also linked with interference with biological oxidation, and consequent depletion of the all-important storage batteries of ATP.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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