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effect

[ih-fekt] / ɪˈfɛkt /




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His speech occurred while an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes is in effect.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

On that call, Sosnick expressed worries that the measure would have a negative effect on housing production, Lee said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

I have also seen the effect of replacing state test scores, grades and attendance as admission rubrics for middle school and high school with lottery numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

The Pentagon decision upheld on Friday was based on public procurement regulations and now remains in effect.

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

Lippmann asked Eugene Xu to study the effect of home price appreciation on subprime mortgage loans.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Further experiments offered clues about how AMB-1 produces its effects.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

There are arcane accounting techniques for tracking the ripple effects on land use.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Rising temperatures also mean that our vegetation and soils dry out more quickly - which can worsen the effects of low rainfall.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

The bill, known as the Motion Picture, Television and Entertainment Revitalization Act, would establish a 20% tax credit on U.S. labor for eligible film and TV productions, including post-production and visual effects work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

One project looked at the local effects of climate change by measuring the erosion of the cliffs along the coastline.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

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

However, the spy agency did not name the firms effected and or suggest that North Korea was able to obtain anything of value.

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2024

In the end, Musk dictated the Grant’s terms, and the committee effected those wishes.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2024

Berkshire’s attorney Craig Lavoie argued that it’s crucial to block a sale next year because it will be hard to determine just how much Pilot’s earnings have been effected by the alleged bribes.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2023

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

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

We are "committed to effecting a seamless transition as we prepare to join Deloitte," the memo said.

From Reuters ● Oct. 10, 2023

He found him dreadfully wounded; but at length, by strict attention and consummate skill, succeeded in effecting a cure.

From The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl by Richard Cobbold




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