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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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Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
That’s also frankly not as bad as expected coming off of 2023’s dual strikes and resultant gaps in the release calendar.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
Michael Franco, New Atlas, 20 Dec. 2024
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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Adjective
Moyes has trusted his midfield to push closer to the striker and the resultant combination play led to his goal and a glut of chances.
—Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
That’s also frankly not as bad as expected coming off of 2023’s dual strikes and resultant gaps in the release calendar.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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
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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“Resultant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resultant. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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resultant
1 of 2 adjective
re·sul·tant
ri-ˈzəlt-ᵊnt 
: coming from or resulting from something else
resultantly
adverb
resultant
2 of 2 noun
: something that results : outcome
especially
: the single vector that is the sum of a given set of vectors
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