How to Use upshot in a Sentence

upshot

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  • The upshot is that Rose and Peter move in with George and Phil.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2021
  • The upshot was a tepid move in stock prices on Thursday.
    — Heard Editors, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The upshot is that the stock is one of the cheapest in the large-cap biotech and pharma sector.
    — David Wainer, WSJ, 14 June 2022
  • The upshot of all the plot twists at the end of the hour is that Axe is gone like a complete unknown.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 3 Oct. 2021
  • The upshot is that in Windows 11, there’s a great deal more space on your taskbar.
    — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 16 June 2021
  • The upshot is, the last oyster business on the island shut down in 1959.
    — Sucheta Rawal, ajc, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The upshot is a tight labor supply will be with us for much of the next 18 months.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 22 June 2021
  • But the upshot, for both armies fighting in Ukraine, is that this war is a bloody one.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
  • The upshot is that Bluebird needs to raise money, and fast.
    — David Wainer, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The upshot was clear: The police keep trying to fight back, but gangs still run much of Haiti.
    — Natalie Kitroeff Adriana Zehbrauskas, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Slabe said the upshot of the research was not to disparage hunters.
    — Christina Larson, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Feb. 2022
  • The upshot has been a rise in hotspots where people and elephants compete for space and food.
    — Cari Shane, Scientific American, 27 Sep. 2021
  • The upshot was like, This girl doesn’t deserve to hold Jeff Beck’s guitar tuner.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2021
  • The upshot is that Blue Owl’s earnings are more predictable, its founders say.
    — Miriam Gottfried, WSJ, 23 June 2021
  • The upshot was clear: The Fed is nowhere near declaring victory.
    — Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2022
  • The upshot is a 24/7 commitment by all players to keep the goods moving.
    — Sanford Stein, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021
  • That was the upshot of a public hearing on whether to make changes to the law that the Village Board held at its Oct. 25 meeting.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2022
  • That's a mouthful, but the upshot is that Easter can fall anywhere from March 22 to April 25.
    — Deena Yellin, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2022
  • The upshot is that the WHO’s announcement could leave India further cut off from the world.
    — Jason Douglas, WSJ, 10 May 2021
  • But the upshot is that a 1.25x graphics boost over the M1 is far from a headlining feature.
    — Tom Brant, PCMAG, 7 June 2022
  • The upshot is that Dewayne has shown the value of a true, bulky, rebounding big man.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 6 May 2021
  • The upshot is that its 10-year mission is likely to be surpassed.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 9 July 2022
  • The upshot is a disagreement that still isn’t resolved.
    — Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2023
  • The upshot should be that all theatre is struggling right now, not just the plays by untested Black writers.
    — Lee Seymour, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
  • The upshot is that the industry now is entering a new phase of reform work.
    — Lee Seymour, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The upshot, from a few dozen feet away in the daylight, is oddly lumpy, a white blancmange quivering on a tray.
    — Curbed, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The upshot is that the use and uses of ChatGPT could potentially shoot through the roof.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2023
  • The upshot is that crude prices are averaging around $74 a barrel, up 45% or so this year.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 6 July 2021
  • The upshot is that Greece is not only cheaper but more convenient than in past years.
    — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 22 May 2021
  • The upshot: there's now a scramble for the Right, Left and Center to put together a ruling coalition.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2021

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