in effect
Example Sentences
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The same policy will be in effect throughout the upcoming tour.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
He misled others by starting to exit a trade minutes or hours after saying he was betting against a stock, in effect doing the “opposite” of what others expected him to do, prosecutors said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
He had said, in effect: “I found this contractor myself. He worked on the pool at my golf club.”
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026
STV's news service is, in effect, subsidised by the rest of the schedule.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
What happens is that deep in the Earth there is an explosion that fires, in effect, a cannonball of magma to the surface at supersonic speeds.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
