effectuate

Example Sentences

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“The board’s only credible path forward is to engage and work with me, one of lululemon’s largest shareholders, to effectuate substantial change,” Wilson said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

"Going forward, U.S. engagement with the WHO will be limited strictly to effectuate our withdrawal and to safeguard the health and safety of the American people," they added.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

They know that their court has limited time, resources, and political capital to effectuate it.

From Slate • Aug. 13, 2025

It's part of the reason why I'm in policy school right now because I needed to understand how laws are made, how people actually effectuate change.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2024

Such things a serious oath doth imply, to such purposes swearing naturally serveth; and therefore to signify or effectuate them, Divine institution hath devoted it.

From Sermons on Evil-Speaking by Barrow, Isaac