Definitions
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- n. Plural form of consequence.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Counting votes in secret - PHOTO - 'Let there be consequences' yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Counting votes in secret - PHOTO - \'Let there be consequences\' '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: The photo says it all: Vote-counting in Pima County performed in secret, hidden even from official party observers and a member of the Pima County Election Integrity Commission.
Counting votes in secret - PHOTO - 'Let there be consequences'
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"Burdened by what he called 'consequences to sin,' Nevada Sen. John Ensign announced Monday afternoon he would not seek a third term, creating the eighth open Senate seat of the 2012 cycle."
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The US went to Iraq to "spread freedom and democracy" and one of the consequences is the destruction or displacement of ancient Christian communities.
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The process of getting them to the point where they can anticipate the consequences is a trickier thing THAT TAKES TIME.
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The president will lay out what he calls the consequences of failure.
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No such 'negotiating agenda' is known to exist and the word 'consequences' is often interpreted as referring to the 700-odd ETA prisoners held in Spanish and French prisons.
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Instead, they are more often focused on the short term consequences of current events.
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But now and then we had breakthroughs that, I think, changed the relationship between our countries with long-term consequences.
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We did that all over the globe, with terrible long-term consequences for democracy, human rights, and our own standing in the world.
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This would have profound long-term consequences that most of us did not anticipate at the time.
mollusque commented on the word consequences
What you want are results--what you get are consequences.
--Estellie Smith, 1981, New York Shell Club Notes
December 1, 2007