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effect

[ih-fekt] / ɪˈfɛkt /




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"Being in nature has an amazing positive effect, immediate effect," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed an executive order banning online sports betting and gaming with immediate effect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

For Goldman, restrictions in the U.S. would have a ripple effect across diesel prices internationally, with each week of the ban lifting European diesel prices by just below 2%.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

To understand the effect of insurance coverage, consider Michele Metz, a 34-year-old nurse from Murrieta who spent nearly $100,000 for unsuccessful IVF treatments four years ago after a history of multiple miscarriages and endometriosis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

That’s true—but you can see the same effect in other portraits.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

Abraham, an army veteran, turned to psychedelic therapy after struggling with the effects of military service.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Some scientists project that El Niño’s effects could kill 451,000 people worldwide by February.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

Those high tides are nearly a foot higher than usual due to the ongoing effects of a strong El Niño, which raises both sea surface temperatures and sea levels, according to the weather service.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

The findings suggest that some of coffee's effects on mood may not depend entirely on caffeine.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Twig gladly abandoned her original question—something with food coloring and placebo effects.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

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

Later on Wednesday, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the president will raise the global tariff to 15% in the coming days "where appropriate" but did not name which countries would be effected.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2024

We wouldn't put it past the artist to have effected a misdirect about anything made public, which would be just another opportunity to make a subversive statement.

From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2023

Children can feel, but they cannot analyse their feelings; and if the analysis is partially effected in thought, they know not how to express the result of the process in words.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

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

From Salon ● Apr. 4, 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

As critical American institutions, they would thus be effecting important public values.

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2023

She appointed an agent to reside at Rome, and a papal agent, a Scotsman named George Conn, accredited to her, was soon engaged in effecting conversions amongst the English gentry and nobility.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various




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