Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for effect. Search instead for effectu.
Definitions

effect

[ih-fekt] / ɪˈfɛkt /




Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

The policy will remain in effect until at least Jan. 29, 2027.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

In most cases, the combined effect actually suppresses the growth of cosmic structure.

From Science Daily Aug. 2, 2026

A wave of artificial-intelligence adoption has come with an undesirable side effect: An explosion of cyberthreats.

From MarketWatch Aug. 2, 2026

“We’ve had these elevated temperatures for the last several days here, and that compounding effect can be significant,” said Rose Schoenfeld, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2026

They were now, in effect, the world’s biggest owners of subprime mortgage bonds.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

AI’s positive effects extend to consumer gains beyond purchases and nonmarket goods, too, which are left out of GDP.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Unicorns' effects can also be felt across the local economy, said Karolina Urbonaite, the head of Startup Lithuania, a government institution which supports the country's startup ecosystem.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

"What we are seeing are the effects of climate change and it is catastrophic," said Galvin.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

The school set out to help children overcome the effects of poverty and childhood trauma.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

The treatment could take up to two years—much longer than the treatment for regular TB—and the side effects were often painful for patients.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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

The judge said: "The traffic on this occasion was barely crawling and brought to a standstill while the arrests were effected."

From BBC Oct. 1, 2024

In the end, Musk dictated the Grant’s terms, and the committee effected those wishes.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 31, 2024

Berkshire’s attorney Craig Lavoie argued that it’s crucial to block a sale next year because it will be hard to determine just how much Pilot’s earnings have been effected by the alleged bribes.

From Seattle Times Nov. 30, 2023

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

Working with the Rock Liberation Front offers the only clear means for effecting change.

From Salon Apr. 4, 2025

Meanwhile Mo Salah is back to his brilliant, unselfish and supportive best and has erased the sort of antics now effecting Luiz Diaz.

From BBC Oct. 23, 2023

Ambani, Asia's richest person, has previously said his children Isha, Akash and Anant would have significant roles in the business and that Reliance was "in the process of effecting a momentous leadership transition".

From Reuters Aug. 28, 2023

As critical American institutions, they would thus be effecting important public values.

From Slate Jul. 20, 2023

After these had been corrected as far as possible, however, Mr. Baldwin finally succeeded in effecting a compromise settlement, and received from the Company $3500 for the machine.

From Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives Baldwin Locomotive Works by Baird, Matthew




Vocabulary lists containing effect


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training