effectively
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Hanna Petros Solomon breaks down in tears as she recalls how she and her siblings effectively became orphans 25 years ago when their father was arrested in Eritrea and jailed without trial.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
That chemical potential effectively drives the newly formed atom out of the liquid.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
It owns the stocks of effectively all the world’s big and medium-size companies, just over 10,000 of them, in exact proportion to their market value in dollars.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
“Mixtapes effectively provide a diary of my life,” Dasafo told the Guardian in 2005.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
At this point, I was also ignorant of our illegal immigration status and the sad fact that the government could kick my family and me out of the country, effectively ending any relationship I started.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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4.3: Origins and Impact of the Western European Empires in the North Atlantic (Sources 1–9)
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