effecting

Example Sentences

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

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2025

Buchan has not just achieved a clean-up in his own back yard - he is effecting change across great swathes of an enormous country.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2024

Toranaga names Blackthorne hatamoto, an honorific indicating high status earned through his courage in effecting Toranaga’s escape.

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2024

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

This same railroad has also bridged the Willamette a few miles west of Vancouver, thus effecting an entrance to Portland.

From The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by Lyman, William Denison