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effect

[ih-fekt] / ɪˈfɛkt /




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Many people undergoing chemotherapy experience a frustrating side effect often called "chemo brain."

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

The tax, which was championed by a coalition of healthcare advocates, takes effect Oct.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

But the researchers found no evidence of this second, positive effect.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Sara Heller studied Chicago’s jobs program and found that an eight-week summer job cut violent-crime arrests among disadvantaged teenagers by 43%, with the effect growing after the job ended.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

But for this coded note, it has an unintended side effect: since Leonardo was already writing backward, all these backward names are written forward.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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