effect
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The original 2023 study was small and correlational, so it cannot show cause and effect.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
Judges blocked the order from taking effect, and in April, the justices gave a skeptical hearing to Trump’s lawyers as the president sat in the gallery.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
Barbabella noted this bruising is "a common and benign effect of aspirin therapy."
From BBC • May 30, 2026
Patel says a schoolwide phone ban that went into effect this past fall has curbed a lot of the lunch-shaming photos.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
Very early on the morning of October 24, just hours before the blockade went into effect, the freighter Aleksandrovsk pulled into the port of Isabela de Sagua, Cuba.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing effect
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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