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  • noun Plural form of upshot.

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Examples

  • One of the upshots is a more exciting brand of play featuring plenty of derring-do on the basepaths.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed ROBERT MacLEOD 2011

  • En route, she mines and deconstructs canonical works of poetry and philosophy (Rig Veda, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita); explicates basic concepts and dualities (karma, dharma, castes); scrambles traditional histories (women, animals, and untouchables are accorded new standing); and considers the assorted upshots of British colonialism on Indian culture, thereby pushing the Hindu story to the present.

    Cover to Cover 2009

  • Those are the upshots from a number of reviews of the upcoming Verizon phone out today, based on reporters using press samples supplied to them by Verizon and Apple.

    Verizon iPhone 4 gets mostly positive early reviews 2011

  • En route, she mines and deconstructs canonical works of poetry and philosophy (Rig Veda, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita); explicates basic concepts and dualities (karma, dharma, castes); scrambles traditional histories (women, animals, and untouchables are accorded new standing); and considers the assorted upshots of British colonialism on Indian culture, thereby pushing the Hindu story to the present.

    Cover to Cover 2009

  • Exploitation, we see, takes many forms, with even the most overt upshots — economic crises, community collapse — often hidden in plain view, among everyday faces (villagers, children, militants).

    Cover to Cover 2008

  • The consequences can be severe, but those who would violate Union law are almost never the sort to worry about upshots and outcomes.

    Watchman: Babel Series Part One | SciFi UK Review 2008

  • One of the upshots of the Mets 'improved play in the past couple of weeks they'd won seven of eight entering the second game of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Dodgers, after starting the season at 4-8 is that speculation that manager Jerry Manuel might be fired has been quieted.

    Manuel's Hot Seat Cools Just a Bit 2010

  • Exploitation, we see, takes many forms, with even the most overt upshots — economic crises, community collapse — often hidden in plain view, among everyday faces (villagers, children, militants).

    Cover to Cover 2008

  • Lastly, one of the upshots of our current economic climate is that many more dads than moms have been laid off and so are taking on the role of primary childcare.

    Dana H. Glazer: Working Dads: Hidden Heroes in the New Fatherhood Movement 2010

  • Lastly, one of the upshots of our current economic climate is that many more dads than moms have been laid off and so are taking on the role of primary childcare.

    Dana H. Glazer: Working Dads: Hidden Heroes in the New Fatherhood Movement 2010

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