The year's only really consequential legislation. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Her story has produced several effects which I would describe as consequential goods. From Wordnik.com. [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Finally, there is what BoatU. S. calls consequential damage coverage and like most insurance; it's about how much boaters care to gamble. From Wordnik.com. [Starbulletin Headlines] Reference
In this context I may notice that the "consequential" KEYNES. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-31] Reference
You name it and almost anything pertaining to civil liberties are "consequential" to this act. From Wordnik.com. [Abolition of Parliament Act returns] Reference
"Existing" also connotes consequential, meaningful, and specific qualities, but adds substantiality. From Wordnik.com. [Philocrites: The reality of the symbol of God.] Reference
Those kind of consequential analyses are much harder in cyberspace, and so it's hard to apply the proportionality test. From Wordnik.com. [Extending The Law Of War To Cyberspace] Reference
But that, ironically, was precisely the preoccupation of the last administration — doing it big, being "consequential," showing history. From Wordnik.com. [A Tragedy of Errors, and an Accounting] Reference
The leaks aren't "consequential," retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
Cedric, with a kind of consequential flutter, hurried backstage. From Wordnik.com. [Final Curtain]
The leaks - which started late Sunday night - aren't "consequential,". From Wordnik.com. [www2.nbc4i.com - News] Reference
This formula leaves open the question as to whether injuries are "consequential" merely. From Wordnik.com. [The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952] Reference
But we also face complex and consequential challenges. From Wordnik.com. [AT THE CROSSROADS] Reference
Gephardt may have run the most consequential campaign. From Wordnik.com. [DUKAKIS PLUS 4.4 PERCENT?] Reference
But few are more consequential than the battle over New START. From Wordnik.com. [William Hartung: Fighting the Right on New START] Reference
This is, after all, a study of history's most consequential accident. From Wordnik.com. [Rediscovering America] Reference
Still, Bird has been a consequential figure quite beyond his talents. From Wordnik.com. [A Rare Bird Bows Out] Reference
The choice is a much more consequential one for illegal immigrants in Arizona. From Wordnik.com. [Hispanic Immigrants Continue To Flee Arizona Ahead Of Crackdown] Reference
On the other hand, the United States also faces complex and consequential challenges. From Wordnik.com. [AT THE CROSSROADS] Reference
We are cursed to live in interesting and bitter times, but not deeply consequential ones. From Wordnik.com. [The Era Of Bad Feeling] Reference
The wrangling over the Constitution was more consequential than filling Romano Prodi's shoes. From Wordnik.com. [MUDDLING THROUGH, TAKE 2] Reference
How could I write about these events of my life without talking about the most consequential one?. From Wordnik.com. [Always a Bridesmaid?] Reference
He has shown himself ready to compromise on consequential questions without caving in on principles. From Wordnik.com. ['In The Van Of History'] Reference
"The phasing out of these quotas will have a serious consequential affect on Mauritius," Gopal says. From Wordnik.com. [PICKING UP THE PIECES] Reference
But it is surely large and potentially very consequential to most of those who make the huge donations. From Wordnik.com. [The King's Protection] Reference
Democratizing the Arab world was a clear, moral goal, the ambitious work of a consequential presidency. From Wordnik.com. [Fishing for a Way to Change the World] Reference
And that's hugely consequential, because it's the prism through which most people view basic economic health. From Wordnik.com. [Timothy Geithner] Reference
I'm referring to people in legal adulthood who are in the process of making hugely consequential life decisions. From Wordnik.com. [Pay Your Own Way! (Then Thank Mom)] Reference
Imploring Lance, begging and pleading with him, to please take heed of the consequential saying "lie till you die.". From Wordnik.com. [Michael Pina: Lance Armstrong: A Pariah on Hold] Reference
One of the most consequential government rebellions in memory may be regarded as an act of heroism by civil libertarians. From Wordnik.com. [Now We Know What the Battle Was About] Reference
A gracious and necessary message, but even here it's unlikely that Edwards 'timing will prove particularly consequential. From Wordnik.com. [Does Edwards Matter?] Reference
However, neither side will have anywhere near 60 senators, without which nothing very consequential gets passed these days. From Wordnik.com. [THE DEFLATION OF POLITICS] Reference
It allows investors whose funds were frozen to claim "recovery of consequential damages" based on lack of access to their funds. From Wordnik.com. [UBS to Pay $81 Million in Auction-Rate Case] Reference
He has pitched in some of the least consequential moments, but he also saved a game when Matt Capps needed the day off in New York. From Wordnik.com. [For one night, no Stephen Strasburg is no problem] Reference
Politicians in Ethiopia and neighboring states have far more consequential decisions to make, even if they, personally, have less at stake. From Wordnik.com. [Hunger In The Horn] Reference
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