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

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

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

Prayer is the provision of a soul, for it is sufficient to do that which carefulness and thoughtfulness undertake to do, and effectuate not, Phil. iv.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh