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effect

[ih-fekt] / ɪˈfɛkt /




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In effect, they offer the protection that an investor’s money can at least keep up with inflation, plus some extra.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

And, yes, it does cheekily employ its own famous masthead as part of the very special effect.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

Its immediate effect was to wipe out federal vehicle emissions standards.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

Most of the rules that went into effect in July apply to graduate-school funding, but undergraduate loans now count toward a federal lifetime borrowing limit.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

While radiation has a very real power to damage cells, the most likely effect of that damage is cell death.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

The Shanghai-based contract chip maker said Thursday that it expects industrial momentum and the spillover effects generated by AI to persist, driving broad-based chip demand.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

The effects of boosting rainfall through cloud seeding remain uncertain, its consequences difficult to measure, and its large-scale application costly.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

Mitchell’s special effects team has cleverly chosen to give the raptors mangy feathers.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

The researchers also draw attention to the psychological effects of marine ecosystem loss.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

In preparation for longer, narrative stories in which sound effects and music are incorporated, there are many children’s rhymes that tell stories and incorporate fun sounds.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

"There is no distinction in authority or effect between a stoppage effected during the round and a stoppage effected between rounds or during the rest period."

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

The deal will be effected through a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement under United Kingdom law, requiring a 75% majority vote from Allfunds shareholders.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 21, 2026

In the end, Musk dictated the Grant’s terms, and the committee effected those wishes.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 31, 2024

Charlie Casa, a manager at the electricity company Ergon Energy, said almost 40,000 customers were without power Thursday, with the Port Douglas, Daintree and Mossman regions the worst effected.

From Seattle Times Dec. 13, 2023

But finally, with a shrug and a worried “Ai, Chihuahua,” he climbed behind the wheel and effected another U-tum.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

Working with the Rock Liberation Front offers the only clear means for effecting change.

From Salon Apr. 4, 2025

Toranaga names Blackthorne hatamoto, an honorific indicating high status earned through his courage in effecting Toranaga’s escape.

From New York Times Mar. 5, 2024

Meanwhile Mo Salah is back to his brilliant, unselfish and supportive best and has erased the sort of antics now effecting Luiz Diaz.

From BBC Oct. 23, 2023

Ambani, Asia's richest person, has previously said his children Isha, Akash and Anant would have significant roles in the business and that Reliance was "in the process of effecting a momentous leadership transition".

From Reuters Aug. 28, 2023

We had about 15,000 men holding the line from the Khyber to Jelalabad; but in effecting this, 14,000 camels had perished, and several of the regiments had been more than decimated from sickness and exposure.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 by Various




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