redounds

Definition of redoundsnext
present tense third-person singular of redound
as in results
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
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It redounds to his credit that he worked so hard to prevent this crisis.

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  • Drip irrigation also works well for containers.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
  • One genius in the room works for OpenAI, a company currently valued at $852 billion.
    Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
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  • As Zhou explained, the micromotor operates autonomously rather than remaining fixed in place.
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  • That’s in addition to his private ambulance and paramedic service, which generates roughly $270,000 annually and operates out of his home in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England.
    Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
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  • There’s a direct correlation between a president’s approval rating and the way his party performs at the midpoint of his term.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Though amateur, the choir often performs at festivals and events in Serbia and abroad.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
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  • The Blue Line is an area spanning 120 kilometers (around 75 miles) along southern Lebanon that acts as a de-facto border between the two countries.
    Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The system acts as an agent, building investment screens and producing full research reports, including sophisticated financial modeling and bull and bear cases for a particular stocks, on the fly.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
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  • Whether that pans out remains to be seen, but Adlon noted the strange parallels between her character's journey with Maul and her own relationship with Witwer.
    Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2026
  • No matter how the MVP chase pans out, the Spurs expect Wembanyama to continue to trigger the league’s most egalitarian offense.
    Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Redounds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redounds. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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