effect
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But that fix, while essential, would not take effect until 2027 and still needs to be passed.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
“On the whole, it might have some effect, but the individual pieces of it, I don’t think, really do all that much.”
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026
The conflict’s most immediate effect has been to raise global energy prices, with the cost of gasoline in the U.S. up by about 28% versus a year ago, according to AAA.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
In As2S3, the effect is especially powerful at very small scales.
From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026
The job, in effect, was to say “yes” every time some Wall Street trader asked him if he’d like to insure—and so, in effect, purchase—a billion-dollar pile of bonds backed by consumer loans.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing effect
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Academic Vocabulary: Core Tier 2 Words, List 1
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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