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effectively

[ih-fek-tiv-lee, ee-fek‐] / ɪˈfɛk tɪv li, iˈfɛk‐ /


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Effectively none of the company’s seat growth this year will be in the main cabin, Chief Executive Ed Bastian said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Effectively a new mini-tournament now begins, with Sri Lanka, Pakistan and New Zealand to face.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

"Effectively, we are denying people vaccines," Cassidy said.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025

Effectively there is little difference nutritionally between ice cream and gelato.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2024

Fear once remov'd they swim about him, And gibe and jeer and mock and flout him; And messengers to Jove depute, Effectively to grant their suit.

From Aesop, in Rhyme Old Friends in a New Dress by Park, Marmaduke




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