effect
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For example, what effect would withdrawing an additional $2,200 a month from your portfolio have over the next 25 years if it allowed your wife to delay claiming Social Security?
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
Yates doesn’t believe Princeton’s decision will have a ripple effect.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
Here the effect is more like popping a balloon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
It is an extension of the so-called "lipstick effect" economic theory that was popularised in the early 2000s, whereby people who couldn't afford to buy something really expensive would buy a little luxury item instead.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 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
Vocabulary lists containing effect
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Academic Vocabulary: Core Tier 2 Words, List 1
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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