effect
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It's called the Streisand Effect - a phenomenon named after singer and actress Barbra Streisand, whose attempts to remove photographs of her home from the internet only increased the number of people who saw them.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
Last year, a Singapore-based entity, also called Butterfly Effect, took over the operations of the AI agent product in markets outside China.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
Manus, created by startup Butterfly Effect, can sift through and summarise resumes or create a stock analysis website, according to its website.
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
Zampella remained head of the studio and also led the L.A. branch of Swedish video game developer DICE, which was renamed in 2021 to Ripple Effect Studios.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
An article entitled “The Effect of the Fire upon Real Estate” concluded that “Chicago property now stands better classified, and its future more distinctly marked, than could have been possible before the fire.”
From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy
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