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Synonyms & Antonyms for upshot
Synonyms
aftereffect, aftermath, backwash, child, conclusion, consequence, corollary, development, effect, fate, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, precipitate, product, result, resultant, sequel, sequence
Antonyms
antecedent, causation, cause, occasion, reason
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The upshot of two-in, one-out with Butler, Dragic and Waiters could be more time on the court as a rookie for Tyler Herro as a floor spacer. — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, "ASK IRA: Are Heat too ball-dominant, shooting-deficient?," 1 Sep. 2019 The upshot is that Wall Street fears the worst, Cox said. — NBC News, "Despite reassurance from Fed, markets fall on trade war fears," 23 Aug. 2019 The upshot of Elorza’s controversial idea would be that the number of seats in Providence charter schools would not increase significantly, meaning that more students would not be able to leave the city’s troubled public school system. — Dan Mcgowan, BostonGlobe.com, "Providence mayor seeks to close one charter school to support the expansion of another," 19 Aug. 2019 But the upshot was huge: Arizona wouldn’t abide by traditions that have governed the league for decades just for the sake of doing so. — Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, "Wall Street Journal: Arizona Cardinals' Kliff Kingsbury might be NFL's next great coach," 16 Aug. 2019 The upshot is that Arctic permafrost is much richer in carbon than scientists once thought. — Katie Orlinsky, National Geographic, "Arctic permafrost is thawing fast. That affects us all.," 16 Aug. 2019 The upshot of the order is clear: while the legal fight continues in the courts below, the Trump administration has the blessing of a slim Supreme Court majority to get going on the wall. — S.m. | New York, The Economist, "The Supreme Court’s ruling on the border wall leaves unanswered questions," 29 July 2019 But the upshot was that when the hangers over First Street were welded, the spans didn’t have holes yet, so there were no microcracks. — Adam Rogers, WIRED, "How 'Microcracks' Undermined San Francisco's New Bus Terminal," 10 Aug. 2019 The upshot is that Neumann and other insiders with direct stakes in the LLC would pay taxes on profits at individual income tax rates, while IPO investors would pay both US taxes on corporate profits, and individual taxes on any dividends. — David Z. Morris, Fortune, "Yet Another Wrinkle For WeWork Investors: An Unusual IPO Structure That Would Give a Tax Advantage to Insiders," 8 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'upshot.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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