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redound

verb

Definition of redound

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 This has both saved lives and redounded enormously to our benefit economically, culturally, and socially. — Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025 Much of the wealth generated in terms of company creation and jobs has redounded to innovative clusters. — Hemant Bhargava, Twin Cities, 8 Oct. 2025 Fear and instability redound to the benefit of authoritarians, so violence done in the name of left-wing causes serves right-wing ends. — Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 27 Sep. 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 See All Example Sentences for redound

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The working-out of that vision, by way of experience that arises from her sudden change of circumstances, is the movie’s emotional and intellectual heart, its main line, abstract in form but altogether concrete in the decisions that result.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026
That result almost exactly matches the Pixel Watch 4 (56 hours), and remains impressive for a flagship smartwatch.

— Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026

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