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effectively

[ih-fek-tiv-lee, ee-fek‐] / ɪˈfɛk tɪv li, iˈfɛk‐ /


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Huawei hopes to bring the Maextro S800 overseas eventually, but U.S. sanctions effectively ban Huawei products in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

“Even if the strait were to effectively open tomorrow, you can’t turn the faucet back on,” Angie Gildea, global head of oil and gas at KPMG, told MarketWatch in March.

From MarketWatch • May 24, 2026

In physics, this phenomenon resembles an Umklapp process, where motion is effectively reversed because of the symmetry of the crystal structure.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

I really thought the supermajority would let states define intellectual disability however they choose and give states so much discretion that they could effectively disregard constitutional safeguards.

From Slate • May 23, 2026

So Sylva sylvarum is literally ‘the wood of woods’, but, effectively, The Lumber Yard.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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