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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Hamas chose to embed terrorists and their infrastructure in civilian areas, and all resultant destruction in those areas is therefore the fault of Hamas.—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2024 Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban has gone much further than Poland in damaging independent media and other institutions vital to Hungary’s democracy and seems indifferent to the country’s resultant isolation.—Daniel Fried, Foreign Affairs, 18 Oct. 2023
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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 The 12-page unclassified summary of the Biden administration’s after action report on the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan laid most of the blame for the rapid defeat of Afghan forces and the resultant need for a chaotic 17-day evacuation on the Trump administration's failure to plan.—Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 7 Apr. 2023 See all Example Sentences for resultant
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