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effect

[ih-fekt] / ɪˈfɛkt /




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That would surely lead to protests from impacted teams this season, who will demand it should, as usual, come into effect immediately.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

There’s a term for this: the pratfall effect, named for a 1966 psychological experiment which found that highly accomplished people become more appealing to others when they make minor screwups.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

In effect, they act as microscopic extensions of the root system, helping plants reach and absorb nutrients more efficiently.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Not even “Predators” — the 2025 documentary on this very subject that not only beat “Primetime” to the punch but has far more to say about Hansen’s effect on culture — can complete the image.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

Instead I said, “Did you see how they made Margery and George appear as ghosts at the end? I’ve never seen that effect before. I wonder how they did it.”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Oleksandr Pestrykov, an advocacy expert from the Ukrainian House foundation in Warsaw, told AFP that Ukrainians in Poland were feeling the effects of the chilling relations personally.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

“Eyes will once again be on whether signs of second-round effects are kicking in,” ING economist Bert Colijn said in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

The findings do not immediately lead to a new treatment, but they reveal an unexpected mechanism that helps control the effects of a long-used leukemia drug.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Rising temperatures also mean that our vegetation and soils dry out more quickly - which can worsen the effects of low rainfall.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

So the properties of these standing waves, which are always produced in very specific groups, or series, have far-reaching effects on music theory.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

If the civil-rights revolution was primarily effected by patient application of the laws, “By Any Means” suggests some of its reforms came about via the impatient application of fists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

"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

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

That seems downright quaint now; the rip-off they are effecting is at such a bigger scale, and we hardly have time to pay attention to it.

From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2025

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

We are "committed to effecting a seamless transition as we prepare to join Deloitte," the memo said.

From Reuters ● Oct. 10, 2023

The natural way of effecting this would have been to offer them a proportionate increase of pay; but Justinian chose rather to obtain the same result indirectly.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur




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