effectual
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Example Sentences
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He said law enforcement resources “should be directed someplace a little more effectual,” such as combating fentanyl and other illicit drugs.
From Seattle Times
“This case is constitutionally moot because the Court can no longer grant any effectual relief,” the companies argued in a filing with U.S.
From Seattle Times
“And so this poison was allowed to enter the national bloodstream and infect public life without the Government taking any effectual measures to master the course of the disease.”
From Salon
The lifting of the bans is in many ways more symbolic than effectual.
From Los Angeles Times
Butler’s fighting style is similar to the film’s: brawny, unshowy, effectual and explosive only when necessary.
From Los Angeles Times
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