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Byproduct

a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence

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Consequence 76% connected

That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause; a result.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Effect 76% connected

Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.

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Event 76% connected

That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad.

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Issue 76% connected

The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air fr…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Outcome 76% connected

That which comes out of, or follows from, something else; issue; result; consequence; upshot.

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Product 76% connected

Anything that is produced, whether as the result of generation, growth, labor, or thought, or by the operation of involuntary causes; as, the product…

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Production 76% connected

The act or process or producing, bringing forth, or exhibiting to view; as, the production of commodities, of a witness.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Result 76% connected

To leap back; to rebound.

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Upshot 76% connected

Final issue; conclusion; the sum and substance; the end; the result; the consummation.

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By-product 92% connected

A secondary or additional product; something produced, as in the course of a manufacture, in addition to the principal product.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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