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
Rather than fight, Nicolls and Stuyvesant effected a merger.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 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
In the end, Musk dictated the Grant’s terms, and the committee effected those wishes.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2024
It was so much worse than if it had been a physical sickness, for which a cause might be known, medicine given, a cure effected.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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