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
However, the spy agency did not name the firms effected and or suggest that North Korea was able to obtain anything of value.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2024
In the end, Musk dictated the Grant’s terms, and the committee effected those wishes.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2024
In the case of the Heike crab it was effected more or less unconsciously by the fishermen, and certainly without any serious contemplation by the crabs.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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