consequential
Example Sentences
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Job numbers and retail sales figures will be more consequential data points for housing this week than what happens in the Middle East, she added.
From MarketWatch
Going to war is the most consequential decision a country can make.
“Autobiography of Cotton” is the story of a consequential labor strike carried out in the early mid-20th century in the borderlands of northern Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times
Some career scientists say their expertise has been sidelined, and longtime employees say they have often been left in the dark about consequential vaccine decisions.
But “Pretty in Pink” fails to truly acknowledge that Andie operates at a much more consequential social disadvantage than her new boyfriend.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.