effect
Example Sentences
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A smaller balance sheet would drain liquidity from the financial system and could have a tampering effect on inflation.
From Barron's
Ahmad, by contrast, has lived a life free of community and consequence, and for the first time engages in the mechanics of cause and effect.
In Madeline Cash’s dark comedy, a married couple’s new arrangement has unpredictable effects on their three children.
By providing knowledge of cause and effect, reason can also help secure the outcomes we want and prevent those we don’t.
“I can imagine it would have that effect.”
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
