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"With the high accuracy and specificity of this testing for detecting invasive constrictor snakes, resource managers can implement effective management strategies, such as removal efforts, quickly and with confidence," Miller said.

"We gave offspring the probiotics through the mother, which is a very effective way to mitigate the effects of PBDEs with low risk to the developing offspring."

The goal is to bring these new peptides to market as an effective and safe treatment for chronic abdominal pain.

A key question is where the effective financial inheritance tax threshold for estates with agricultural assets kicks in.

From BBC

“She is a dangerous and effective pick,” Jason Johnson, a political scientist at Morgan State University, said on MSNBC.

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What are other ways to say effective?

The adjective effective is applied to a person or a thing that has the power to, or which actually does, produce an effect: an effective boss, remedy, speech. Effectual is used especially of that which produces the effect desired or intended, or a decisive result: An effectual bombardment silenced the enemy. Efficacious suggests the capability of achieving a certain end: an efficacious plan, medicine. Efficient (applied also to persons) implies the skillful use of energy or industry to accomplish desired results with little waste of effort: efficient methods; an efficient manager. 

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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