result in

result in (something)

To cause or bring about some particular action or outcome; to end in some particular manner or fashion. The heated argument resulted in tragedy when one of the men pushed the other into an oncoming car. We're hoping that this investment results in a lucrative and sustainable revenue stream. The routine check resulted in the bank officer discovering a string of fraudulent transactions being committed by one of the senior staff.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

result in something

to achieve something; to bring about something; to cause something to happen. I hope that this will result in the police finding your car. All my effort resulted in nothing at all.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
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  • result in (something)
  • always the bridesmaid
  • always the bridesmaid, never the bride
  • bride
  • bridesmaid
  • close the books
  • come across as (something) to (one)
  • particular
  • (one) ain't particular
  • ain't particular
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It is now known that different rates of expansion result in different crush cavities, given the same recovered diameter and penetration depth.
An acid will turn the liquid red and a base will result in a green color.
We live in such a high-flux clinical computing environment that this sort of reliance on data location on a screen would rapidly result in deterioration of the value of the data transferred.
Continuous trigger, which means that the injury began at the first instance of exposure continuing until injury manifests, could, in some instances, result in greater liability for insurance companies underwriting the policy.
Moreover, because violations of the rule set by the Supreme Court in Wilson can result in officers' personal liability, training should be established to insure that officers comply with the standard.
Protects the physical assets of large businesses as well as actions of owners or employee dishonesty that result in liability exposure.
Insurers sell commercial airlines property insurance on the hulls and instrumentation of airplanes, and liability insurance for negligent acts that result in injury or property damage to passengers or others.
The bad debt baton has been passed from the guilty sand insolvent banks to central governments, who have been forced to stand behind their financial institutions in the belief that to do otherwise would result ins the meltdown that they have spent almost three years trying to avert.