effect
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Marrying into British royalty did not shield Meghan from criticism, speculation and attacks by the press — it appeared to have the opposite effect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Carney vowed to retaliate with dollar-for-dollar tariffs on U.S. goods, which are scheduled to go into effect on Sept. 8.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
In mice, this effect increased energy use by as much as 18% without causing the animals to become more physically active or increasing their body temperature.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Last month, Andy Burnham announced a 20% cut in business rates for pubs, social clubs and live music venues in England, to come into effect in April.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Oddly, it was Ben, the least personally conventional of the three, who had the Potemkin-village effect of making Cornwall Capital appear to outsiders to be a conventional institutional money manager.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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“But we can still bring the sound mixing, the editing, the scoring, the visual effects — all of those incredible job opportunities to California.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
"I'm also a light sleeper and was getting worried about the effects on myself," says Wen.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
While El Niño’s anticipated effects don’t always materialize, on the coast “we tend to get stronger storms offshore, which mean that we get bigger waves reaching our coastline,” Smith said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
The researchers also tested whether they could reproduce TOFA's effects with two separate compounds.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Were the effects of the sweetgrass braid wearing off?
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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External ritual gave way to interior experience, and this inward turn, Mr. Persico tells us, effected “one of the most momentous revolutions” in the history of the West.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
The spokesperson urged all those effected by Hurricane Helene to apply for assistance.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2024
However, the spy agency did not name the firms effected and or suggest that North Korea was able to obtain anything of value.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2024
In the end, Musk dictated the Grant’s terms, and the committee effected those wishes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
But much of the transformation was also effected as a result of plants’ selecting themselves.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Working with the Rock Liberation Front offers the only clear means for effecting change.
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2025
Toranaga names Blackthorne hatamoto, an honorific indicating high status earned through his courage in effecting Toranaga’s escape.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
Meanwhile Mo Salah is back to his brilliant, unselfish and supportive best and has erased the sort of antics now effecting Luiz Diaz.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2023
We are "committed to effecting a seamless transition as we prepare to join Deloitte," the memo said.
From Reuters ● Oct. 10, 2023
Strange that success in effecting an escape should be promoted by the bursting of a boiler—an accident which, had it come alone, would have occasioned terror and dismay.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 by Frederick Whymper
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