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Adjective
She deserves credit for the increase in sales and the resultant increase in profit.
frequent trips to the ice cream parlor and the resultant weight gain were starting to affect my tennis game
Noun
a person's decision to purchase a certain automobile is often the resultant of an array of factors, ranging from the actual performance of the vehicle to the buyer's self-image
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Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
At least half a dozen fires have engulfed part of the greater Los Angeles area since the Palisades Fire began Tuesday – and the resultant devastation has left much of the region resembling a war zone.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
Michael Franco, New Atlas, 20 Dec. 2024
Designers had initially hoped to tunnel beneath the rail line, but UP refused permission, the resultant bridge adding well over $15 million to the project cost, according to Ellerman.
—Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 29 June 2023
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Adjective
The resultant movie — a dark, gooey masterpiece — would forever alter Carpenter’s fortunes in Hollywood.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
At least half a dozen fires have engulfed part of the greater Los Angeles area since the Palisades Fire began Tuesday – and the resultant devastation has left much of the region resembling a war zone.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
Finally, the resultant structure was coated in potassium hydroxide, which washes away less stable structures and leaves behind thousands of microscopic pores.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 20 Dec. 2024
Designers had initially hoped to tunnel beneath the rail line, but UP refused permission, the resultant bridge adding well over $15 million to the project cost, according to Ellerman.
—Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 29 June 2023
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“Resultant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resultant. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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resultant
1 of 2 adjective
re·sul·tant
ri-ˈzəlt-ᵊnt 
: coming from or resulting from something else
resultantly
adverb
resultant
2 of 2 noun
: something that results : outcome
especially
: the single vector that is the sum of a given set of vectors
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