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effect

[ih-fekt] / ɪˈfɛkt /




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The open design of the new chip was essential for identifying this effect.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

A coastal flood advisory for those areas goes into effect Saturday morning and lasts through Thursday afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

Election researchers said Wisconsin’s deadline for mail ballots, which must come into election offices by 8 p.m. on Election Day, also probably had an effect.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

The policy goes into effect for bookings made on or after November 20.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

But Picasso has abandoned any sense of perspective, and the effect is shocking.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

Current treatments that influence norepinephrine can affect multiple brain circuits at once, sometimes producing beneficial effects in one region while causing unwanted effects elsewhere.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Maine's economy, as well as that of other border states, is deeply linked to Canada and they have felt the effects of the month-long trade war.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Eni has sought to damp the effects in Italy by capping diesel prices for a period, and offering discounts on fuel for certain economic sectors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

In addition, New Zealand’s Wētā FX created the movie’s stunning digital environments and visual effects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Hazel moved to the edge of the sidewalk and concentrated on the odd effects of her wraith-poisoned heart.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

It effected the way it was played too.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

The deal will be effected through a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement under United Kingdom law, requiring a 75% majority vote from Allfunds shareholders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026

Rather than fight, Nicolls and Stuyvesant effected a merger.

From Salon ● Mar. 15, 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 case of the Heike crab it was effected more or less unconsciously by the fishermen, and certainly without any serious contemplation by the crabs.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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

Ambani, Asia's richest person, has previously said his children Isha, Akash and Anant would have significant roles in the business and that Reliance was "in the process of effecting a momentous leadership transition".

From Reuters ● Aug. 28, 2023

The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were effecting and infecting.

From New York Times ● May 12, 2023

The crews were set to work to try and cut out the ships, and they sawed through ice sometimes as much as twelve feet thick, but without effecting their escape.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Frederick Whymper


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