as in outcome
a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause
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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Recent Examples of upshot
One upshot of the current glut of streaming platforms is a flood of programming to fill them: something for every attention span, something to plug every potential gap of viewer inactivity that might render a certain streaming service irrelevant while some other service pulls ahead.
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Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 3 July 2024
The biggest upshot, said organizers, was finding new hosts in the Shinnecock Nation – the oldest self-governing Native tribe in New York.
—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
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Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 3 July 2024
The biggest upshot, said organizers, was finding new hosts in the Shinnecock Nation – the oldest self-governing Native tribe in New York.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for upshot
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Pretty much every single match had an obvious outcome except for the bout between Chelsea Green and Michin for the Women's United States Championship.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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The outcome in Ames matters because DEI critics increasingly have been using reverse discrimination claims to challenge DEI initiatives.Michelle Travis, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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The Colts finish the season against the 2-13 Giants and 3-12 Jaguars, so winning out is within reach, but the luck required from other results may be too much to hope for.Ben Blatt, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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That tendency may be a result of seeing so many barriers shattered during the past fifty years.The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 25 Dec. 2024
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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
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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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But some farms list the chemical in their monthly pesticide use reports to the state without any apparent consequence, Paige reports.Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
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Experts fear consequences of undermining trust in vaccine Last year, 652 people in Louisiana died of COVID, including five children.Rosemary Westwood, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Upshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upshot. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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