- present participle of effect.
effecting
Example Sentences
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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
"You have companies that are reasonably similar, so when growth rates change it is effecting quite a few companies in a similar way," he says.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 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
In some cases, however, two valves are employed, one effecting the admission, the release, and the compression, and the other the cut off.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose