longer-term implications

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implication
noun
uk
/ˌɪm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
us
/ˌɪm.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən/
an occasion when you seem to suggest something without saying ...
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(Definition ofimplicationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Their concern was less with the immediate effects of such a mechanism than with its longer-term implications for the politics of redistribution.
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It is time to think about the longer-term implications.
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It is not yet ready to firm this up or to reach a definite view on the longer-term implications.
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Whatever the longer-term implications, the short-term consequences were immediate and dire.
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She is quite right in saying that we should look into the longer-term implications.
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I hope that my noble friend will feel able to think about it again and perhaps look at the longer-term implications.
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This urged them to consider the longer-term implications and to support the continuation of the levy.
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A coal task force has been set up to examine the longer-term implications.
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The longer-term implications are that this is a threat to the democratic right to march and demonstrate.
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The longer-term implications of this are even more serious.
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Perhaps we should content ourselves by talking more about the immediate years ahead and not putting too much stress on the longer-term implications of the projections.
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The longer-term implications have not yet been fully evaluated, but the repercussions for many sectors of production will be serious throughout the coming winter and into 1986.
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I now refer to the longer-term implications.
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But as the immediate drama of the situation faded, it was replaced by excitement over the longer-term implications of the incident.
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