effect
Example Sentences
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Because CD40 receptors exist throughout the body, many healthy cells would absorb the drug, leading to toxic side effects.
From Science Daily
Gomez added that while attempts to pull licenses border on folly, Carr’s threats and attacks on the media can create a chilling effect and erode the public’s confidence in the press.
From Los Angeles Times
He adds, "The number of hempcrete homes in the US continues to increase yearly and, with each new structure that's built, there's always a ripple effect that comes from that."
From BBC
Part of the problem is that the economy is being hit with simultaneous shocks whose effects can’t be isolated.
At times like this, Europeans need to speak with one voice to have any effect on events, but the stress of war seems to be driving European capitals apart rather than pulling them together.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
