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effectively

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


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"Distinguishing between patients whose tumors will never undergo this transition versus patients whose tumors may will help us use this treatment effectively and early."

From Science Daily Sep. 8, 2026

North Korea has long kept tight control over foreign visitors, and effectively sealed its borders at the start of the pandemic six years ago.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

This is quite a return to international cricket for a man who was effectively fired by England 12 years ago.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

Now she was grieving the Taliban’s obliteration of the Afghan legal system and her degree, which was effectively useless.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

Because harsh sentencing is a major cause of the prison explosion, one might reasonably assume that substantially reducing the length of prison sentences would effectively dismantle this new system of control.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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