effected
Example Sentences
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The BBC understands that Standard Chartered aims to move some of the effected workers to other roles in the business.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
External ritual gave way to interior experience, and this inward turn, Mr. Persico tells us, effected “one of the most momentous revolutions” in the history of the West.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
Rather than fight, Nicolls and Stuyvesant effected a merger.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2025
In the end, Musk dictated the Grant’s terms, and the committee effected those wishes.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2024
In the case of the Heike crab it was effected more or less unconsciously by the fishermen, and certainly without any serious contemplation by the crabs.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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