effect
Example Sentences
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The actor was shown to no less domineering effect in The Great Santini, playing a frustrated Marine pilot who hectors and browbeats his teenage children.
From BBC
In fact, the scene was shot at Dead Horse Point State Park using the Ford Thunderbird and visual effects.
Arguments put forward for the U-turn highlighted concerns raised, particularly by the hospitality trade, about the effect it could have on firms' viability.
From BBC
"I started reading about plastic's effects on insects and thought, 'If plastic is turning up everywhere else, what about rare places like Antarctica?'"
From Science Daily
Theoretical studies suggest that shrinking materials down even further into one-dimensional structures could produce even more remarkable electro-optical effects.
From Science Daily
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