outgrowth
a natural development, product, or result: to consider truancy an outgrowth of parental neglect.
an additional, supplementary result.
a growing out or forth.
something that grows out; offshoot; excrescence.
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How to use outgrowth in a sentence
Surely a genuine reckoning into what we’re seeing now would take as its premise that it is the outgrowth of a much broader series of mistakes and failures.
GOP reaction to troop deaths shows what a Republican House would really mean | Greg Sargent | August 27, 2021 | Washington PostSo what we’re seeing is the outgrowth of a breakdown in the family, in the economy, in those neighborhoods they came out of, if this is very much a homegrown phenomenon.
Anarchists and an increase in violent crime hijack Portland’s social justice movement | Scott Wilson | May 31, 2021 | Washington PostFor her, coordinating friendship groups that brought together Americans who had so recently gone to war with one another was a natural outgrowth of her role in her own family.
The grief and havoc of these past four years, confronted boldly, can yield an outgrowth of hope.
With teams as a rule scoring more efficiently in transition than in the halfcourt, this is a natural outgrowth of getting players capable of that pairing of skills.
The Pace Of Play Has Never Been Faster In The WNBA | Howard Megdal | August 6, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight
The collaboration between two large companies is the logical outgrowth of a few big trends.
The Appeal of Cinnabon Vodka and the Rise of Flavored Vodkas | Daniel Gross | November 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTCulture is an organic outgrowth of an organization's history, it's people, its successes and failures.
Can the Cleveland Clinic Save American Health Care? | Megan McArdle | February 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut this is an inversion of Zionism, not its natural outgrowth.
Violence and Discourse: A Response to Yousef Munayer | Don Futterman | August 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTMuch like I wonder how one becomes a beach-volleyball official from Egypt—an economic outgrowth of the Arab Spring I suppose.
The Olympics Are Too Full of Dubious Sports, Silly Ceremonies, and Choke Artists | Buzz Bissinger | July 31, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut anarchism is a logical outgrowth of the anti-intellectual side of collectivism.
Occasionally an ear-like outgrowth appears on the neck, indicative of the attempt of a second slit to develop into an ear.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles MorrisThe art of any people is an outgrowth and efflorescence of an internal living principle: and as is the tree so is its fruit.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowThe art of sculpture was an essential outgrowth of the Greek spirit, and perfectly suited the requirements of Greek thought.
Greek Sculpture | Estelle M. HurllColorado was the outgrowth of the great financial crisis of 1857.
Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska | Charles Warren StoddardLuther's devil is the outgrowth of humanity in long-clothes.
Mystic London: | Charles Maurice Davies
British Dictionary definitions for outgrowth
/ (ˈaʊtˌɡrəʊθ) /
a thing growing out of a main body
a development, result, or consequence
the act of growing out
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