Example Sentences

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Amazon’s share price has declined around 8% since January as investors questioned whether the spending was resulting in enough new business for the tech giant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Her staff had reported that a near-total lack of infant formula, with many new mothers so malnourished they could not produce breast milk, was resulting in babies starving to death.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2024

In the past few years, the office has released audits of the department’s use of facial recognition and of the LAPD’s secretive disciplinary system, which it found was resulting in many proposed penalties being downgraded.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2024

He added the climate emergency was resulting in more frequent and extreme weather events and wildfires.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2023

Mr. Spicer's eye dwelt upon the great heap of weeds which was resulting from his labour; an odour somewhat too poignant arose from it upon the close air.

From The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories by Gissing, George