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

The judge said: "The traffic on this occasion was barely crawling and brought to a standstill while the arrests were effected."

From BBC • Oct. 1, 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

But much of the transformation was also effected as a result of plants’ selecting themselves.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond