effective
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The family on Wednesday filed a wrongful-death claim against the Los Angeles Unified School District, alleging school officials failed to investigate reports of bullying, adequately supervise student interactions or implement effective safety measures.
From Los Angeles Times
“We don’t quite believe this so, instead of assuming a continued effective average tariff rate of 11% throughout the forecast period, we now expect an effective rate of 9.1%,” he said.
From MarketWatch
Irth, an existing shareholder in Papa Johns, recently increased its effective stake to around 10%, one of the people familiar with the matter said.
International waters become expansions of border zones as the relentless logic of the border mandates effective control of the areas approaching it.
From Salon
She added that the drugs did not provide effective coverage against a Gram-positive organism, which was the most likely pathogen causing the infection.
From BBC
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