longer-term consequence
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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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(Definition ofconsequencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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But longer-term consequences also need to be taken into account.
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Those in a position to exploit often did so, with little thought as to the longer-term consequences.
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The longer-term consequences for asset allocation are less clear.
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But even if the growth of the fishing towns allowed people to form households and raise families, the longer-term consequences were not all positive.
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This may have longer-term consequences for maternal employment, for local provision of childcare services and local transport policy.
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Consistent findings from studies are that delirium is associated with adverse outcomes, including increased inpatient mortality, functional decline and possibly longer-term consequences such as impaired cognition.
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Obviously, this is interrelated with the first, as the longer-term consequences of stroke can become readily aggravated and more intrusive if services are non-existent, ineffective or unsympathetically deployed.
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We are being forced to face the facts, and we have not even been able to assess all the longer-term consequences.
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Its longer-term consequences are unclear, even to many of the players in the market.
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The longer-term consequences will be far more difficult to resolve.
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Longer-term consequences can be particularly severe, and there can be associated difficulties in pregnancy and in childbirth.
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I propose to focus less on the short-term issues, however important, than on the longer-term consequences of the collapse.
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The longer-term consequences of that could be very grave indeed for the world.
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Common definitions of impact used in evaluation generally refer to the totality of longer-term consequences associated with an intervention on quality-of-life outcomes.
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The longer-term consequences were more grave.
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