effectively
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The city has been labelled "effectively bankrupt" due to the dire state of its finances.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
While the contest has not officially been called, McKinney effectively conceded the race in an interview with The Times on Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
These measurements reflect how effectively the body handles sugar and responds to insulin, the hormone that helps move glucose from the bloodstream into cells.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
That was effectively echoed by Glenn Hubbard, a former economic adviser to George W. Bush and now a Columbia Business School professor, when Lila and I talked with him last week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
As you get into greatly curved regions of space, bodies’ masses effectively increase, a phenomenon known as mass inflation.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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