effected

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The city state's trade ministry told the BBC it believed that certain goods - such as pharmaceuticals, electronics and energy - would not be effected by the new measures.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 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

But much of the transformation was also effected as a result of plants’ selecting themselves.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond