upshot

Example Sentences

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The upshot is that Fannie and Freddie would end up charging less to backstop riskier mortgages.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The upshot is that gold’s recent poor run has almost certainly lowered the bottom line for precious metal mining companies.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

The upshot is the ranges can often be greater away from the sea.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

The upshot is that great whiskey doesn’t have to break the budget.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

The upshot of all this is that physics ended up with two bodies of laws–one for the world of the very small, one for the universe at large–leading quite separate lives.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson