be effective
Example Sentences
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"So we're looking for a more local, sustainable and renewable option but we can still be effective in delivering peatland restoration in Northern Ireland."
From BBC • May 15, 2026
If approved, it would be effective through November 2029.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
“Though the center claimed to be effective in fighting extremism, ‘hate’ always continued to be on the rise, more dangerous than ever, with each year’s report on hate groups,” Mr. Moser wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Other rescue strategies, like moving the animals elsewhere or fencing them off from predators, are unfeasible or unlikely to be effective at saving the caribou.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026
“It quickly became apparent to me,” he wrote, that. . . the prison warden, to be effective, would have to constitute himself not as an instrument of punishment but a firm, frank friend in need.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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