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effectuate

[ih-fek-choo-ayt] / ɪˈfɛk tʃuˌeɪt /


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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

Developing a new interpretive model can push communities to articulate a constitutional vision and think about what structural changes are necessary to effectuate that vision.

From Slate ● May 8, 2024

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

She added that while "the number of people who have federal offences are very low, a pardon at the federal level doesn't effectuate the kind of record clearance we want to see".

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2023

Each seeks to effectuate a specified change in the policy of the person or group responsible for a situation which those who organize the non-violent action believe to be undesirable.

From Introduction to Non-Violence by Theodore Paullin

“A lot of this is going to have to be effectuated through policy if we want to see this standardized across the labs,” Purser added.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

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

It is estimated that between 5 million and 14 million people will promptly lose Medicaid coverage once that change is effectuated.

From Slate ● Mar. 7, 2023

“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

"It's not just about money; it's also about effectuating some kind of change," Giuffra said, saying any settlement with Cornell would include steps to "protect, educate, support students."

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

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

Bonaparte, after effectuating the peace by means of terror, loaded Austria with flattery.

From Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 by Mrs. George Horrocks


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