in effect
Example Sentences
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In a previous statement on security, the Knicks posted on X: "A strict no-bag policy will be in effect, and fans should make effort to limit personal items to an absolute minimum."
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
He misled others by starting to exit a trade minutes or hours after saying he was betting against a stock, in effect doing the “opposite” of what others expected him to do, prosecutors said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
He had said, in effect: “I found this contractor myself. He worked on the pool at my golf club.”
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026
It will remain in effect until new lows exceed new highs for two consecutive days.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
Waldseemüller’s world map of 1507, the first to include the name ‘America’, the first to show the New World as, in effect, a new continent, and the first to show antipodes.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
