as in to result
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to have a particular result
—used especially to describe how something affects someone or something or affects the opinion that people have about someone or something —+ to
It redounds to his credit that he worked so hard to prevent this crisis.
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Recent Examples of redound
Fear and instability redound to the benefit of authoritarians, so violence done in the name of left-wing causes serves right-wing ends.
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Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2025
Seen one way, this is classic conservatism: the championing of America’s business rulers based on the belief that their success will redound on the nation.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2025
And then too there is the less tangible, more lyrical side of space travel that may redound in NASA’s favor.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 July 2025
That means China’s investments in clean energy redound to the rest of the world.
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2025
Seen one way, this is classic conservatism: the championing of America’s business rulers based on the belief that their success will redound on the nation.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2025
And then too there is the less tangible, more lyrical side of space travel that may redound in NASA’s favor.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 July 2025
That means China’s investments in clean energy redound to the rest of the world.
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for redound
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However, the weather and climate impacts that result from La Nina can certainly be dangerous.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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Others carried scars and marks on their forearms from dialysis treatments for kidney disease, which can result from cumulative damage to fragile blood vessels in the kidney from living with elevated blood glucose levels.—
Carrie Arnold,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Redound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redound. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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