effective
Usage
Example Sentences
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“I don’t know that automated license plate readers are all that effective when owned by neighbors living on the street who decided to get together.”
From Los Angeles Times
"Obesity is a complex, chronic disease with serious health consequences. These medicines are highly effective and are helping many people," Ariaee says.
From Science Daily
If these peptides are so safe and effective, why aren't they licensed medicines?
From BBC
An effective orator, Khamenei joined the critics of the Shah of Iran: the monarch who was eventually overthrown by the Islamic revolution.
From BBC
“At this point, we are laser focused on the fulcrum question going forward: how effective are Iran’s drones?”
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
