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the upshot of the court's ruling is that a number of communities will now have to change their gun laws
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The biggest upshot, said organizers, was finding new hosts in the Shinnecock Nation – the oldest self-governing Native tribe in New York.
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 26 June 2024
One upshot of that was an increase in the number of complete nest failures in which every single nestling in a nest died.
—Lee Alan Dugatkin, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
But one possible upshot of a more starkly divided world is that the most important Gulf monarchies could end up on the other side.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 24 May 2022
Like them or not, the outdoor dining sheds that have been an upshot of the pandemic are more or less here to stay.
—Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 26 June 2024
One upshot of that was an increase in the number of complete nest failures in which every single nestling in a nest died.
—Lee Alan Dugatkin, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
But one possible upshot of a more starkly divided world is that the most important Gulf monarchies could end up on the other side.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 24 May 2022
Like them or not, the outdoor dining sheds that have been an upshot of the pandemic are more or less here to stay.
—Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
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“Upshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upshot. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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