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effect

[ih-fekt] / ɪˈfɛkt /




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Instead, it has a compounded effect, one that will make its way through the economy over the next three to six months, he said.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

The increased buyback volume will be in effect for the remainder of the Treasury’s current refunding quarter, through Nov. 4, it said earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

The rules take effect in January and are reviewed annually.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

"An evacuation order is in effect for all affected properties. Sheriff Deputies have notified residents in person, and a digital alert has been issued by the City."

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

The loans carried, in effect, government guarantees; if the homeowners defaulted, the government paid off their debts.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Rabin said potential benefits could also be offset by side effects such as nausea, fatigue and the loss of muscle mass.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

“Uncertainty surrounding oil prices—along with their spillover effects on other commodity prices—continues to pose risks to the inflation outlook,” they said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

The bill, AB 2319, is aimed at supporting the industry’s editors, sound mixers, composers and visual effects artists.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

“We are seeing the effects of El Niño already,” said Jonathan Warrick, a research geologist with the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

An experimental study of the effects of improvisation on the development of children’s creative thinking in music.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

The deal will be effected through a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement under United Kingdom law, requiring a 75% majority vote from Allfunds shareholders.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 21, 2026

Rather than fight, Nicolls and Stuyvesant effected a merger.

From Salon Mar. 15, 2025

However, the spy agency did not name the firms effected and or suggest that North Korea was able to obtain anything of value.

From BBC Mar. 4, 2024

In the end, Musk dictated the Grant’s terms, and the committee effected those wishes.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 31, 2024

In the case of the Heike crab it was effected more or less unconsciously by the fishermen, and certainly without any serious contemplation by the crabs.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Working with the Rock Liberation Front offers the only clear means for effecting change.

From Salon Apr. 4, 2025

"You have companies that are reasonably similar, so when growth rates change it is effecting quite a few companies in a similar way," he says.

From BBC Mar. 26, 2025

You see, with every other officer excluded under the provision, the state official or state court effecting that exclusion would feel the political costs of their decision alone.

From Slate Dec. 20, 2023

We are "committed to effecting a seamless transition as we prepare to join Deloitte," the memo said.

From Reuters Oct. 10, 2023

For effecting this object he fell on the expedient of imprisoning them, on pretence of their being spies.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis by Marcus Dods




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