effect
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Expectations for higher AI-driven productivity are partly responsible for the rise in both the U.S. and Europe, though Harenberg expects Europe will take longer to see the full effect due to slower adoption.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
"The direct effect it has had on wildlife has been a gradual but noticeable change," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
These differences often have little noticeable effect in everyday life.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
It must still go through parliamentary procedures in Denmark and Greenland before taking effect.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
But today, I thought, standing back from the mirror as far as I could in the small room, the effect of dark maroon was very smart.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Previous American wars equally have highlighted both the fraught nature of serving in higher-level leadership roles and in lower ranks where war’s injurious effects are most grievously felt.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
By examining these biological changes, researchers hope to better understand why exposure to certain additives may be associated with a higher risk of disease and whether the preservatives themselves are contributing to those effects.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
"None of these chemicals are benign. They all have the potential for harmful effects, or they can be toxic if they leak," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
“The effects of chemical exposure may develop slowly and may not become fully apparent for several months or even multiple growing seasons,” Gough said Friday at a news conference announcing the reward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
From these two opposed appetites, there arises in cities one of three effects: a principality, liberty, or licence.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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External ritual gave way to interior experience, and this inward turn, Mr. Persico tells us, effected “one of the most momentous revolutions” in the history of the West.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
Over the years, habitat loss, poaching and collisions with overhead power lines have effected great Indian bustards.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2024
In the end, Musk dictated the Grant’s terms, and the committee effected those wishes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
We wouldn't put it past the artist to have effected a misdirect about anything made public, which would be just another opportunity to make a subversive statement.
From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2023
Children can feel, but they cannot analyse their feelings; and if the analysis is partially effected in thought, they know not how to express the result of the process in words.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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Working with the Rock Liberation Front offers the only clear means for effecting change.
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2025
That seems downright quaint now; the rip-off they are effecting is at such a bigger scale, and we hardly have time to pay attention to it.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 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
We are "committed to effecting a seamless transition as we prepare to join Deloitte," the memo said.
From Reuters ● Oct. 10, 2023
I glanced round despairingly at the geologists, but they were lost to everything except blue lias and old red sandstone, and there was no hope of effecting a diversion in that quarter.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
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