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effectuate

[ih-fek-choo-eyt] / ɪˈfɛk tʃuˌeɪt /


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But in Batson cases, the colorblind rule really does help effectuate the 14th Amendment’s promise of equality.

From Slate May 28, 2026

“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

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

This notice is not to be construed as a censure on the agents, but it is designed to effectuate a general settlement of the affairs of the Society.

From History of the Washington National Monument and of the Washington National Monument Society by Frederick Loviad Harvey

A White House spokesperson said of the cuts at the time that EI-ISAC’s work no longer effectuated the priorities of the Department of Homeland Security.

From Salon May 21, 2026

That metric is called effectuated enrollment, which is viewed as a more accurate reflection of ACA enrollment than sign-ups.

From MarketWatch Jan. 13, 2026

The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, forged in the wake of the Civil War, effectuated what many historians called a Second Founding of our nation.

From Slate Feb. 7, 2024

“I am gratified by this commitment. However, the university has not yet effectuated this promise, nor has it explained exactly how and when it will do so.”

From Seattle Times Mar. 5, 2022

The Great Depression effectuated a sea change in American race relations and party alignment.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

His work continued, along with a few others, thanks to support from Murmur, an organization designed to support labels and industry names, effectuating the commitments made when the Music Climate Pact was signed.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

But they’ve argued that the new text, which would treat any person “responsible for regularly providing any services effectuating transfers of digital assets” as brokers is still too expansive.

From Slate Aug. 3, 2021

ISS centers its recommendations around whether the activists have made a compelling case that change is warranted and, if so, which nominees are more likely to succeed at effectuating the change.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 15, 2018

"We have had unprecedented success at effectuating the President’s agenda," Sessions said.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2018

His advice was found very good, and for effectuating thereof he brought forth his army into the plain field, and placed the reserves on the skirt or rising of a little hill.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 by Peter Anthony Motteux




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