effected
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External ritual gave way to interior experience, and this inward turn, Mr. Persico tells us, effected “one of the most momentous revolutions” in the history of the West.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
Over the years, habitat loss, poaching and collisions with overhead power lines have effected great Indian bustards.
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2024
The spokesperson urged all those effected by Hurricane Helene to apply for assistance.
From Salon • Oct. 1, 2024
In the end, Musk dictated the Grant’s terms, and the committee effected those wishes.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2024
Children can feel, but they cannot analyse their feelings; and if the analysis is partially effected in thought, they know not how to express the result of the process in words.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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