effect
Example Sentences
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Its population is so low that there are few neighbors around to notice or protest any potential noise pollution or other environmental effects from the data centers.
From Los Angeles Times
She is a brilliant wordsmith, who had a transformative effect in literature by shifting the focus inward using indirect discourse to combine a character’s inner thoughts with the narrator’s voice.
From Los Angeles Times
“I don’t think any individual moment or issue or day for me ever became a tipping point, but I will say cumulative impacts, or effects, is real.”
From Los Angeles Times
Typical household energy costs will increase slightly on Thursday when the new energy price cap takes effect.
From BBC
She must understand what it means and the effect it will have — in this case, disinheriting her other legal heirs.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
