Definition of "ensue" []

• To follow as a consequence or result. See Synonyms at follow. (verb-intransitive)
• To take place subsequently. (verb-intransitive)

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• "A windfall profits tax is exactly how it sounds; it is a higher tax rate on profits that ensue from a sudden windfall gain to a particular company."
• "Attacking Iran will finish off the U.S. empire — not that Iran could kill the USA, but the chaos that will ensue is going to be the final straw that kills the economically-sick USA."
• "Joy: The very same "predictions" ensue from a theoretic holding that life evolves primarily through telic design."