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effectively

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


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But other factors also kept market panic at bay after shipping effectively ended through the Strait of Hormuz, the crucial waterway between Oman and Iran.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026

That helps isolate the specific impacts of the GI Bill, the landmark 1944 law that effectively provided free college to millions of returning U.S. servicemen.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026

“Iran might effectively close the Strait again even after reopening, for instance if detailed nuclear talks don’t succeed,” Struyven wrote.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

One way to gauge how effectively economies are using energy is to calculate the amount of energy burned to generate a dollar of gross domestic product.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

The old Antifederalist coalition that Madison had opposed so effectively at the Virginia ratifying convention in 1788 believed with some justification that their cause had never really been defeated, merely outmaneuvered.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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