consequence
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Responding to Saturday's developments dating the letter to 2019, a spokesman for the duchess said "any discrepancy of a few months" was "an understandable consequence of that passage of time".
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
This spells competition — and trouble — for the three incumbents, T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T, and shares in all of them have traded down sharply as a consequence.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
The latest investigation focused on an especially intriguing consequence of cellular reprogramming: the dramatic reversal of molecular aging.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
“It means that we don’t believe that family audiences require filmmakers to remove complexity or darkness or consequence from a story.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
They were the promoters of the bloody carnival that plunged Macondo into delirium for three days and whose only lasting consequence was having given Aureliano Segundo the opportunity to meet Fernanda del Carpio.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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The force has already vowed that anyone caught up in disorder around Halloween and Bonfire Night will face "very real consequences".
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
“While his acceptance of responsibility is an important step, it cannot undo the devastating consequences of his actions. Pedro Valdez is missed by everyone who had the privilege of knowing him.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Palestinians will continue to live through the consequences.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
"The asteroid impact had dramatic consequences for the environment. We have now found the genomic mechanism that connects these ecological upheavals to the subsequent rapid diversification of the ants: transposable elements," explains Lukas Schrader.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
This shift, she noted, had profound consequences for the future of racial justice advocacy; in fact, it was debilitating to the movement.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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