Examples of resultant in a Sentence
Adjective
She deserves credit for the increase in sales and the resultant increase in profit.
frequent trips to the ice cream parlor and the resultant weight gain were starting to affect my tennis game
Noun
a person's decision to purchase a certain automobile is often the resultant of an array of factors, ranging from the actual performance of the vehicle to the buyer's self-image
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Show how data from customers/employees contributes to product innovations; present plans for sharing resultant value.
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Adjective
On the other side, both Trump and Musk haters were overcome with joy, and the resultant posts harkened back to the pre-X golden era of Twitter.
—Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 6 June 2025
Moreover, the resultant microplastics are detrimental to the environment and human health.
—Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Noun
Meanwhile caretakers are concerned with something that can be even more challenging to address: the psychological trauma resultant from years of abuse in captivity.
—Ryley Graham, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2025
Show how data from customers/employees contributes to product innovations; present plans for sharing resultant value.
2.
—James Felton Keith, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Resultant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resultant. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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resultant
1 of 2 adjective
re·sul·tant
ri-ˈzəlt-ᵊnt 
: coming from or resulting from something else
resultantly
adverb
resultant
2 of 2 noun
: something that results : outcome
especially
: the single vector that is the sum of a given set of vectors
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