A concise summary.
'upshot' is a correct and usable word in written English. You can use it to refer to the final outcome or result of a process, or to the conclusion or summary of an argument or discussion. For example: "The upshot of our meeting is that we have decided to launch the new product next month.".
In the cycling sense, "nervous" refers to a vicious spiral in which the entire peloton is aware that the safest place to be is in the front 20 or so – this is a basic racing principle taught at junior level – with the upshot that every team leader with a purpose wants to be in the first 20 riders with as many of their team-mates as can manage it.
The upshot is complacency about the past, though of a different kind.
The upshot is that the Fed will borrow from banks temporarily, then pay them back with interest the next day.
The upshot is that at least half the riders are trying to be in the first group of 20, and 100 into 20 simply does not go.
The upshot of those hours spent in the nets has been a return to form.
The club has been hailed as a fiscal success in recent times but the upshot of a lack of investment, and money spent in the wrong areas, is obvious on the field.
The upshot of a Tory nod towards a UUP-DUP unionist unity front will mean many of these idealists walking away from the caring, sharing, all-embracing Tory project in protest.
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