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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These findings suggest that physical decline is not simply the result of becoming less active with age.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
The moves result in part from the need to stand out as Big Law enters a hypercompetitive era, with fewer, larger firms duking it out for global business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
As a result, county officials said they had the power to move forward with the facility for artificial intelligence computing infrastructure without city approval.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
As a result it has had to fund record amounts of overtime payments and take neighbourhood officers away from community policing duties to cope with the demand.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Given Franklin’s reputation as an explorer and the nature of his two ships, many expected this would be the Passage-search that would achieve the long-awaited glorious result.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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This year’s state test scores provided a mixed send-off for the education legacy of Gov. Gavin Newsom, with incremental gains in English and math, but results that continue to fall short of prepandemic achievement levels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Sarah Hopkins describes the Wales Pisa results as "disappointing"
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
The prospect of higher rates is weighing on the country’s biggest banks, which are reporting third-quarter results this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
The results revealed widespread increases in cancer incidence.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
Regardless of all that, there was no guarantee my results would be good enough, no matter how much faith anyone had in me.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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This emphasis resulted in the design of reliquaries that made visible the relics contained within translucent materials like rock crystal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
The past few years of sticklike messaging have not resulted in a popular tech sector.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026
Still, because the study did not include an untreated or sham treatment comparison group, it cannot establish how much of the observed improvement resulted directly from the procedure.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
Vehicle thefts have risen by almost 50% in a decade, yet just 3% of offences resulted in a charge or summons last year, BBC analysis has found.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
From this resulted the rebellion of Urbino, the insurrections in the Romagna, and countless dangers for the Duke, all of which he overcame with the assistance of the French.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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In one example, an unnamed customer was repeatedly connected to fraud schemes and high-risk international payments wires that were being investigated by law enforcement, resulting in more than 100 compliance cases, the filing said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
"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
For one, the resulting insurance losses might be fairly modest in historical terms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
But El Niño winters generally bring even stronger waves, resulting in more sand loss and erosion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
The resulting “interviews” of passengers in these dragnet operations usually culminate in a request for “consent” to search the passenger’s luggage.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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