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consequence

[kon-si-kwens, -kwuhns] / ˈkɒn sɪˌkwɛns, -kwəns /




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Flores and others said they were unnerved by this year’s storm season, and worried that it was a consequence of humans throwing the natural world out of balance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

“The only consequence is that people might yell at me online.”

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

“It is hard to imagine a more powerfully punitive consequence than to condemn a new parent to miss the entirety of their children’s childhoods,” their lawyers wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

"Never train and they don't get injured. The consequence of that is when you ask them to play they have no rhythm and no impact in the game," the Spaniard added.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

But in scientific language, a word conveys more than an idea—a mechanism, a consequence, a prediction.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Such widespread demographic consequences had not previously been recognized.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

"How somebody can make videos abroad knowing it's causing direct consequences to people abroad, what kind of person can sleep at night doing that," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

The consequences of this dynamic extend beyond Omar.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

A sustained peak in long-term yields would have consequences far beyond the Treasury market.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

That was the problem with money: What people did with it had consequences, but they were so remote from the original action that the mind never connected the one with the other.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis


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