effectively
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The good news, according to Forbes, is that a plunge in stocks driven, for example, by disappointment in AI would effectively write down the IOUs the U.S. issued to foreigners to finance its deficits.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
United are effectively out of the running, having not wanted to get into a bidding war and only wanting players eager to join them.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
It is effectively the only company that can make extreme ultraviolet, or EUV, lithography systems required for leading-edge chips today.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
Like Social Security, it is effectively an insurance contract.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
The Federal Reserve had raised interest rates, but mortgage rates were still effectively falling—because Wall Street was finding ever more clever ways to enable people to borrow money.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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