effectuate
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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
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
This is a much more organized effort, because they have changed the laws in a number of places to make it easier to effectuate these outcomes.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2024
As he hath procured, so he sendeth the Spirit to effectuate this, and to work this washing and sanctification in us.
From Christ: The Way, the Truth, and the Life by John (of Wamphray) Brown
“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
“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
Roberts drew on the fact that the common law recognized what he called a “mere-touch rule”: the use of force effectuated a seizure, however slight.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 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
"We have had unprecedented success at effectuating the President’s agenda," Sessions said.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2018
Of course, I suspect he will now start effectuating the development of the law from without!
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2017
It is evident, however, that in effectuating a general emancipation of slaves in the mode which has been hinted, difficulties of other sorts would be encountered.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 by Various
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