as in to result
formal
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
Crypto mining consumes more electricity than many countries, but its benefits redound only to the miner and parties to the transaction.
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Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Amid extreme uncertainty, at least one is clear: Trump putting his name on the Fed’s role in the economy won’t redound to Asia’s benefit.
—William Pesek, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Attacks on democracy also are redounding, to democracy’s favor.
—Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 5 Oct. 2024
Because American companies and foundations are private actors, however, the benefits of their investments do not redound to the U.S. government.
—Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
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Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Amid extreme uncertainty, at least one is clear: Trump putting his name on the Fed’s role in the economy won’t redound to Asia’s benefit.
—William Pesek, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Attacks on democracy also are redounding, to democracy’s favor.
—Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 5 Oct. 2024
Because American companies and foundations are private actors, however, the benefits of their investments do not redound to the U.S. government.
—Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for redound
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Rather than finding an effective means to stop LLMs from following instructions included in untrusted content—something no one has managed to do yet—GitLab is mitigating the harm that can result from this behavior.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
23 May 2025
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What resulted was confusion—including from this author.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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“Redound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redound. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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