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effect

[ih-fekt] / ɪˈfɛkt /




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The changes will come into effect from 2027 and be funded with existing money for schools, the government said.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

Neither said what follows: If these systems are indeed minds, we need to study them as such—but almost nobody is doing so, to increasingly dangerous effect.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

In another 2013 study, Swedish researchers found that singing has a biologically soothing effect, especially on cardiovascular function.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

Instead of causing an atom to follow a curved path, the effect shifts the location where the laser interacts most strongly with the ion.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

A bit farther in, torches flickered on the cave walls, creating what would have been an eerie effect if it hadn’t been so transparently designed to be.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

The Fed has held rates steady since January, choosing to wait to gauge the effects of energy price shocks and to let the tariffs' effects on prices ripple through the economy.

From Barron's Sep. 13, 2026

"Clinical trials generally identify the most dangerous side effects of drugs," adds Lyle Ungar, Professor in CIS and a co-author on the study.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

“Towns that adopted prisons earlier in the prison boom received a short-term boon compared to those that did not build, but the effects were not lasting,” Eason wrote.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

This century, the effects powering the ’90s debt reduction reversed.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Were the effects of the sweetgrass braid wearing off?

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

If the civil-rights revolution was primarily effected by patient application of the laws, “By Any Means” suggests some of its reforms came about via the impatient application of fists.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Later on Wednesday, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the president will raise the global tariff to 15% in the coming days "where appropriate" but did not name which countries would be effected.

From BBC Feb. 25, 2026

The spokesperson urged all those effected by Hurricane Helene to apply for assistance.

From Salon Oct. 1, 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

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

Meanwhile Mo Salah is back to his brilliant, unselfish and supportive best and has erased the sort of antics now effecting Luiz Diaz.

From BBC Oct. 23, 2023

The hypodermis is the immediate agent in effecting the external changes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various




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