effectively
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During the Edward Snowden leak in 2013, he was effectively the public face of the intelligence community defending against Snowden’s revelations.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
The UK Parliament has acknowledged the next government led by Lord John Russell "did not handle the famine effectively", external.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The new model gives athletes a blanket five years to compete, effectively eliminating the need for redshirts or special waivers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
“Because Medicare’s hospice daily payment rates are the same regardless of the number of visits delivered, Medicare effectively paid low-visit hospices twice as much per visit as high-visit hospices, on average,” according to the GAO.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
But if you believe this system effectively controls crime, consider this: standard estimates of the amount of crime reduction that can be attributable to mass incarceration range from 3 to 25 percent.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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