Result in / Result from
UsageA cause results in an outcome; an outcome results from a cause.
Result in
Use when
You start with the cause and state the outcome it produces.
Example
“The process change resulted in shorter processing times.”
Result from
Use when
You start with the outcome and state the cause from which it arose.
Example
“The improvement resulted from greater automation.”
Quick check
resulted to lower costs, resulted from an improvement when the direction of cause is reversed, resulted in automation when automation was the cause
Usage note
Result to is not the standard construction for expressing this causal relationship.