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effectively

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


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The Braves effectively managed pitches for Garcia all season in his return from arm surgery that forced him to miss all of 2025.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

Tajani said he intended to discuss with Rubio the issue of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, which is effectively blocked by Iran, as well as the conflict in Lebanon.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

A poorly timed conversion could eliminate deductions worth tens of thousands of dollars, effectively raising your true tax rate far beyond what your bracket suggests.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

They look at sequence, at departures from ordinary practice, at whether the outcome was not just foreseeable but effectively guaranteed.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

But this twist effectively marks the birth of a new philosophy of science: a scientific principle is now an hypothesis that has survived the test of experience.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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