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
In the end, Musk dictated the Grant’s terms, and the committee effected those wishes.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2024
We wouldn't put it past the artist to have effected a misdirect about anything made public, which would be just another opportunity to make a subversive statement.
From Salon • Nov. 23, 2023
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
