short-term consequence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofshort-termandconsequence
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short-term
adjective
uk/ˌʃɔːtˈtɜːm/us/ˈʃɔːrt.tɝːm/
lasting a ...
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consequence
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwəns/us/ˈkɑːn.sə.kwəns/
a result of a particular action or situation, often one that is bad or ...
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Back pain is not ashort-termconsequenceof depressive disorder but emerges over periods longer than 1 year.
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In addition, incident low back pain was not ashort-termconsequenceof depressive disorder.
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Oneshort-termconsequenceof deflation, on the credit side, is an improvement in the balance of payments, which we are already seeing.
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It has also incurred substantial liabilities; for example, voluntary severance payments which are a directshort-termconsequenceof its action to reduce costs.
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Of course, that may merely be theshort-termconsequenceof recession, but that is doubtful because we have been moving out of recession for more than three years.
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In every case, the obvious long- orshort-termconsequenceof birth is deaththe ultimate trajectory is an unavoidable decline.
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A distinction can be made between the immediate, short-term consequences, which have attracted most attention hitherto, and the less observed, but equally important, long-term consequences.
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In the present study, depression was shown to have marked long-term and short-term consequences with respect to functional limitations, disability days and bed days, respectively.
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Self-control is largely a temporal problem with long-term consequences weighed against short-term consequences.
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This would obviously have short-term consequences for recruitment.
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The duration of the compensatory phase is variable, sometimes lasting weeks, and appears not to have deleterious short-term consequences.
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As in most premarketing approval rules, the type of information required to guarantee safety is focused on short-term consequences of the medical device application rather than on long-term consequences.
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Time horizons refer to the fact that national government representatives are most interested in the short-term consequences of their actions.
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The short-term consequences of that are bad enough, but they are even worse for the longer term.
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If the gains were not phased in, the horrendous short-term consequences for local services of the "losers" would be devastating.
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We think that if we can perceive the short-term consequences it does not matter that the middle-term consequences look a bit misty.
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The apparently innocent short-term consequences of this drug may be wholly misleading.
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Whatever the longer-term implications, the short-term consequences were immediate and dire.
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It will be about practical ways of dealing with the short-term consequences of significant numbers of surplus places.
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If flexibility is not shown, there will be serious long-term consequences for the firemen in addition to the disastrous short-term consequences of this tragic strike.
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