in effect
Example Sentences
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Warner said the Paramount offer is “in effect” a leveraged buyout and would be the biggest such transaction in history.
The pleas argue, in effect, for negotiating a new heritage.
From Salon
Those advisories are in effect from Friday afternoon through Saturday evening and will probably be expanded into the Central Coast, forecasters said.
From Los Angeles Times
In a notice issued Thursday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said the advisory will be in effect until at least 4 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times
The Met Office issued several weather warnings for snow and ice, with amber warnings for snow in effect from lunchtime on Friday for parts of northern Scotland.
From BBC
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