redounds

present tense third-person singular of redound
as in results
formal to have a particular result
used especially to describe how something affects someone or something or affects the opinion that people have about someone or something
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It redounds to his credit that he worked so hard to prevent this crisis.

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  • Anderson has since remarried and currently works as chief of staff for corporate development at payment technology company Celero Commerce.
    Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • The land transfer cleared its last regulatory hurdle June 26 with the approval by the California Transportation Commission, said Neil Thapar, an attorney who works as an advisor and legal consultant to Kai Poma.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
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  • With the expansion, AGH now operates three cath labs, three EP labs, two multiprocedural rooms and a hybrid surgical suite that can be used for either cath or EP procedures.
    Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • California typically operates with a spending deficit because Democrats spend more money than the state brings in.
    Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
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  • The county performs about 14,000 inspections annually and about 97% of establishments pass, spokesman Ken Casparis previously told The Sacramento Bee.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado July 3, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026
  • This super-simple dessert performs a delicious magic trick in the oven—the berries sink and the topping rises, yielding a stunning summery treat.
    Brennan Long, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
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  • Jay Ravitz acts as a disruptor, embracing ambiguity and questioning the status quo to accelerate innovation.
    Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Caffeine acts as a diuretic that pushes fluids out and raises body temperature.
    Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026
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  • Neither the cops nor the family were ever able to make contact with Simmons who was seen throwing a microwave, a lamp and several pots and pans out a rear window into the back yard.
    Theodore Parisienne, New York Daily News, 19 June 2026
  • If the industry pans out, the company says there’s the potential for collecting millions of tons a year.
    Harry Stevens, New York Times, 3 June 2026
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“Redounds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redounds. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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