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Syllables govern the world.
-John Selden,
historian and politician
(1584-1654)
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Ramification
MEANING
A development or consequence growing out of and sometimes complicating a problem, plan, or statement;
also, The act of branching out or dividing into branches.
USAGE EXAMPLES
One ramification of the financial crisis has been the flight of short term capital.
Summarily dismissing Jaswant Singh is not in good taste. The ramification are long term, regardless of what the spokes persons of the BJP may say.
Given the current world-wide turmoil and its ramification on human beings, we see that business leaders have an even more urgent need to act responsibly.
We’re looking for things that have happened to ordinary people as a ramification of unfettered data sharing and storage.
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