effectuate
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And so I think that he enjoys that a lot on a personal level, but also on a presidential level as someone who wants to effectuate change.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
"Going forward, U.S. engagement with the WHO will be limited strictly to effectuate our withdrawal and to safeguard the health and safety of the American people," they added.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2026
She directed the federal government “to facilitate and effectuate the return of Plaintiff Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the United States by no later than 11:59 PM on Monday, April 7, 2025.”
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2025
Developing a new interpretive model can push communities to articulate a constitutional vision and think about what structural changes are necessary to effectuate that vision.
From Slate ● May 8, 2024
In order to effectuate this great end, the first step must be to restore perfect obedience and due subordination to your administration.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
A White House spokesperson said of the cuts at the time that EI-ISAC’s work no longer effectuated the priorities of the Department of Homeland Security.
From Salon ● May 21, 2026
That metric is called effectuated enrollment, which is viewed as a more accurate reflection of ACA enrollment than sign-ups.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 13, 2026
The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, forged in the wake of the Civil War, effectuated what many historians called a Second Founding of our nation.
From Slate ● Feb. 7, 2024
“I am gratified by this commitment. However, the university has not yet effectuated this promise, nor has it explained exactly how and when it will do so.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2022
The Great Depression effectuated a sea change in American race relations and party alignment.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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His work continued, along with a few others, thanks to support from Murmur, an organization designed to support labels and industry names, effectuating the commitments made when the Music Climate Pact was signed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
ISS centers its recommendations around whether the activists have made a compelling case that change is warranted and, if so, which nominees are more likely to succeed at effectuating the change.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2018
"We have had unprecedented success at effectuating the President’s agenda," Sessions said.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2018
Of course, I suspect he will now start effectuating the development of the law from without!
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2017
"Messieurs," he continued, in French, with the utmost dignity, "I shall devote the resources of this office to tracing out the crime, and, if possible, to effectuating the arrest of the culpable."
From An African Millionaire Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay by Allen, Grant
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