effect
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Researchers describe this as a kind of "1 + 1 = −1" effect.
From Science Daily • May 24, 2026
Sierra also exposed her relative lack of mobility by bringing out the drop-shot to great effect.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
A recent study from the University of California, San Diego found that action had the intended effect as teen vaping dropped in the years after local bans were instated.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
Once a false image takes hold, it is nearly impossible to uproot, and the flood of fabricated content has a corrosive effect: It makes us doubt everything.
From Salon • May 24, 2026
But Picasso has abandoned any sense of perspective, and the effect is shocking.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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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