as in outcome
a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause
the upshot of the court's ruling is that a number of communities will now have to change their gun laws
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Recent Examples of upshot
How This Changes The Lending Workflow Speed and scale are the practical upshot.
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Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 27 Feb. 2026
There is no shortage of upshots from the past few days.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
One upshot of the menu’s byzantine sprawl is that every visit offers something new to discover.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
Rob says there has since been an interesting upshot to all the grief and stress with parenting a child with an incurable brain disease: a newfound faith in humanity.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
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Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 27 Feb. 2026
There is no shortage of upshots from the past few days.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
One upshot of the menu’s byzantine sprawl is that every visit offers something new to discover.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
Rob says there has since been an interesting upshot to all the grief and stress with parenting a child with an incurable brain disease: a newfound faith in humanity.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for upshot
Noun
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An unprecedented stinker of an outcome.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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The real fix is to redesign the work so that a single team, with clear decision authority, can own an outcome end to end.—
Steve Taplin,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
Noun
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As a result, the central government took drastic steps in 2020 to rein in a freewheeling property sector that once accounted for 30% of the country’s economic activity.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
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In neighboring Uganda, officials said laboratory results confirmed two cases in the capital of Kampala − including one death − among people traveling from Congo with no apparent link to each other.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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Yet, any large-scale damage today would have far greater consequences than in the telegraph age, given the world’s near absolute dependence on data flows through these cables.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
17 May 2026
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The consequences would not be immediate or automatic.—
Ingmar Rentzhog,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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“Upshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upshot. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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