How to Use resultant in a Sentence

resultant

noun
  • The resultant mergers seem to be five times more likely to be found in quasars.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 13 Feb. 2026
  • This is the resultant list, which has a gem or two for anyone looking for a new (old) book.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Both aircraft were destroyed in the resultant crash with fire causing the death of four crew members on both planes.
    — Jerry Shnay, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2026
  • England prevailed in the first Test of each, going on to win two of the resultant series.
    — Michael Bailey, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Chaos is a Greek word that denotes the resultant of speed and uncertainty.
    — World Economic Forum, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Using a red filter will lessen the impact of red objects in the resultant B&W photo.
    — Harvey Levine, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The resultant panic attack lands her back in the psychiatrist’s office.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Then came the attack on Iran, with the resultant manufacturing of consent.
    — Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
  • That harvesting process gave the resultant kriek its name, Handgeplukte (Flemish for hand-picked).
    — Brandon Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The planet either warmed up while engulfed during the red giant phase, or began heating as gravity pulled it closer to the resultant white dwarf.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 July 2026
  • Pakistan has traditionally run large fiscal and external deficits, with a resultant rise in public debt.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 25 June 2026
  • The resultant meandering is pleasant, but much of the initial intrigue is lost when the uniqueness of the film’s concept becomes diluted.
    — Blake Simons, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The resultant lift the craft exhibited is probably the first instance of plane taking off vertically.
    — New Atlas, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The resultant chemicals can be stored separately then combined later to release some of the heat that was used to trigger the initial reaction.
    — Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Disruption and pain resultant from competition could lead to growth in order to weather the competition.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Asian stocks rose on Friday as oil prices fell, easing concerns about global energy prices and a potential resultant spike in inflation.
    — Hugh Leask,chloe Taylor, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The resultant sonic boom shock waves frequently shattered windows, cracked building walls, and unnerved citizens within earshot.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 July 2026
  • Moyes and assistant McKinlay both remonstrated with the fourth official at the resultant flash of a yellow card.
    — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • This is because, as the authors of the study note, people holding grudges tend to feel a sense of righteousness surrounding their hurt, as well as with their experience of the resultant grudge itself.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • The resultant explosion of particle effects will overwhelm the game engine and immediately trigger a blood moon.
    — Alan Bradley, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The resultant musical needed greater expansion of character, a gentler, simpler touch, a better sense of authentic teenage angst and a deeper focus on the heart.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
  • One potential drawback of the proposal for higher tuition rates could be a resultant drop in enrollment levels of nonresident students.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 18 May 2026
  • The resultant program or app is established without any need for understanding computer programming.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The resultant casualty levels were stunning.
    — Jack Sheehan september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The resultant impunity means people turn to alternative structures for protection, from vigilantes to the very criminals that oppress them.
    — Obi Anyadike, semafor.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The outermost portion of a rotor blade is moving too fast, and its angle of attack—the resultant of its circumferential velocity and the helicopter’s rate of descent—is too small; the sum of its forces is drag.
    — Popular Science, 2 Sep. 2020
  • 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
  • On Tuesday, Johansson’s resumption of his posting as a winger on the Wild’s second line meant the resultant shuffling gave Nico Sturm the night off.
    — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The resultant device blends fast discharge speeds with massive storage capacity, holding up to 25 times more energy per kilogram than conventional versions.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The resultant fertilized dire wolf eggs were implanted into and born by surrogate dog mothers, resulting in the successful resurrection of an Ice Age-era species.
    — Mike Snider, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025

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