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effectuate

[ih-fek-choo-eyt] / ɪˈfɛk tʃuˌeɪt /


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And so I think that he enjoys that a lot on a personal level, but also on a presidential level as someone who wants to effectuate change.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 5, 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

The court, however, did not affirm Xinis' ruling in full, writing that her call for the administration to "effectuate" Abrego Garcia's return may have overstepped her authority.

From Salon Apr. 19, 2025

To effectuate this design, the text of the 26th Amendment establishes a broad constitutional prohibition on all forms of voting discrimination against adult voters on account of age.

From Slate Mar. 26, 2024

But, in order to effectuate ideological control, there must be an organization which will permit pressure to be exercised on the individual in such a compelling manner that the exercise of external coercion becomes unnecessary.

From The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

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

Most directors exercise this power in a very robust way to make sure the priorities that matter to the American people are the ones being effectuated.

From Slate Dec. 9, 2024

“Every time we’ve seen change occur it’s been effectuated from a revelation that has shocked people’s conscience, and that has been the motivator for change,” Walsh said.

From Seattle Times Oct. 29, 2021

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

“The president considers the seizure of the oil tanker as effectuating the administration’s sanction policies,” Leavitt said.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

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

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

From Salon Aug. 28, 2018

In effectuating some of the most important of these establishments, the different governments of Europe had as little merit as in projecting them.

From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Germain Garnier




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