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noun

plural of result

as in outcomes

a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause the frequent computer crashes are an unexpected result of the new security software we installed

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something attained by mental effort and especially by computation a nonpartisan panel of experts did the math on the proposed tax cuts and spending programs and the result was an $800 billion federal deficit

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present tense third-person singular of result

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Recent Examples of results

Noun

At-home chemical peels can help maintain certain results by exfoliating dead skin cells, smoothing texture, and gradually fading lingering discoloration. — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 21 Oct. 2026 With 93% of the votes reported, nearly 76% of respondents chose to remain part of Canada, according to the preliminary referendum results. — Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 21 Oct. 2026 Meta’s third quarter results, released Wednesday, help explain why the share class came about. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026 Multiple companies now offer products that promise to spot the difference, with often contradictory, biased or erratic results. — T.m. Brown, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026 Tesla published its third-quarter 2026 financial results this afternoon. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026 Woodring expects strong demand for hard disk drives and improving pricing to support better-than-expected results. — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026 Seems unlikely that Kiffin would be adamant that the Big Ten's nine-game conference schedule is dragging down their results. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026 In 2025, Toho posted its best-ever results at the Japanese box office. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for results

Noun

Those with high levels of hope had better later outcomes in health, education and employment.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
This evolved into The ROS1ders, a global group of patients and caregivers that seeks to improve outcomes for all ROS1+ cancers through community, education, and research.

— STAT Staff, STAT, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of outcomes

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Ultimately, Kipe said, the podcast is about helping others who are looking for answers.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
Helping other families Their experience seeking answers in Amy’s case and hearing other families describe similar struggles, prompted Shawn and Angie to consider starting a nonprofit years ago.

— Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

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In Bellorado-Samuels’s own bedroom, the television is stashed under the bed and works by Barkley Hendricks, Sadie Barnett, and Charisse Pearlina Weston take pride of place.

— Sean Santiago, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026
Microsoft’s Advanced Shader Delivery works by offloading shader compilation for different hardware combinations to the cloud.

— Tom Warren, The Verge, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of works

Verb

This turns out to be why Mac was taken in the first place, as well as why the Dowager Governess is willing to rip the world open in order to be reunited with her own child.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
Who knows how different that postseason turns out without that combination?

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of turns out

Noun

One woman went to police, but the brothers appear to have faced no consequences.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
The hopeful part is the part where the people who are dealing with the consequences of that look toward their community, look toward their friends, look toward the people around them for support, for help, for unity—all of those sorts of things.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of consequences

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McNally, founder and president of Rapidan Energy Group, said Republicans and Democrats alike look under every rock for solutions.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
Our parent company, CRH, employs 1,278 people across 59 locations in 48 North Carolina communities to produce the aggregates, asphalt, masonry products, pipe, and precast solutions that make construction possible.

— Kevin Blackwell, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of solutions

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October’s full moon follows September’s harvest moon, which marked when farmers would typically harvest their crops.

— Dharma Niles, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
The orbit decides what follows In low Earth orbit, satellites encounter traces of the atmosphere.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026