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effectuate

[ih-fek-choo-eyt] / ɪˈfɛk tʃuˌeɪt /


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“The board’s only credible path forward is to engage and work with me, one of lululemon’s largest shareholders, to effectuate substantial change,” Wilson said.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 27, 2026

"Going forward, U.S. engagement with the WHO will be limited strictly to effectuate our withdrawal and to safeguard the health and safety of the American people," they added.

From BBC Jan. 23, 2026

The court, however, did not affirm Xinis' ruling in full, writing that her call for the administration to "effectuate" Abrego Garcia's return may have overstepped her authority.

From Salon Apr. 19, 2025

Developing a new interpretive model can push communities to articulate a constitutional vision and think about what structural changes are necessary to effectuate that vision.

From Slate May 8, 2024

Each seeks to effectuate a specified change in the policy of the person or group responsible for a situation which those who organize the non-violent action believe to be undesirable.

From Introduction to Non-Violence by Theodore Paullin

A White House spokesperson said of the cuts at the time that EI-ISAC’s work no longer effectuated the priorities of the Department of Homeland Security.

From Salon May 21, 2026

That metric is called effectuated enrollment, which is viewed as a more accurate reflection of ACA enrollment than sign-ups.

From MarketWatch Jan. 13, 2026

“Every time we’ve seen change occur it’s been effectuated from a revelation that has shocked people’s conscience, and that has been the motivator for change,” Walsh said.

From Seattle Times Oct. 29, 2021

Roberts drew on the fact that the common law recognized what he called a “mere-touch rule”: the use of force effectuated a seizure, however slight.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2021

The Great Depression effectuated a sea change in American race relations and party alignment.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

His work continued, along with a few others, thanks to support from Murmur, an organization designed to support labels and industry names, effectuating the commitments made when the Music Climate Pact was signed.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

“The president considers the seizure of the oil tanker as effectuating the administration’s sanction policies,” Leavitt said.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

"We have had unprecedented success at effectuating the President’s agenda," Sessions said.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2018

Of course, I suspect he will now start effectuating the development of the law from without!

From Slate Sep. 18, 2017

The effectuating cause of man's permitting himself to be seduced into sin, was not any fixed purpose or predestination of God, but man's perfect moral freedom.

From History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology by J. F. (John Fletcher) Hurst




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