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effectuate

[ih-fek-choo-ayt] / ɪˈfɛk tʃuˌeɪt /


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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

It’s meant to effectuate the mandates in both of those constitutional amendments, and those are permanent rights.

From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2025

As you mentioned, it was that ambiguity with respect to the "effectuate" term that has since been removed from Judge Xinis' order.

From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2025

She added that while "the number of people who have federal offences are very low, a pardon at the federal level doesn't effectuate the kind of record clearance we want to see".

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2023

What writs may it issue to effectuate this control?

From School History of North Carolina : from 1584 to the present time by John W. (John Wheeler) Moore

“A lot of this is going to have to be effectuated through policy if we want to see this standardized across the labs,” Purser added.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

A White House spokesperson said of the cuts at the time that EI-ISAC’s work no longer effectuated the priorities of the Department of Homeland Security.

From Salon ● May 21, 2026

The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, forged in the wake of the Civil War, effectuated what many historians called a Second Founding of our nation.

From Slate ● Feb. 7, 2024

“I am gratified by this commitment. However, the university has not yet effectuated this promise, nor has it explained exactly how and when it will do so.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2022

The Great Depression effectuated a sea change in American race relations and party alignment.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

His work continued, along with a few others, thanks to support from Murmur, an organization designed to support labels and industry names, effectuating the commitments made when the Music Climate Pact was signed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

But they’ve argued that the new text, which would treat any person “responsible for regularly providing any services effectuating transfers of digital assets” as brokers is still too expansive.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2021

ISS centers its recommendations around whether the activists have made a compelling case that change is warranted and, if so, which nominees are more likely to succeed at effectuating the change.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2018

"We have had unprecedented success at effectuating the President’s agenda," Sessions said.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2018

By degrees truth will find its way to them from sources in which they will confide, and their aversion to removal may be overcome as fast as the means of effectuating it shall accrue.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 by Various


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