effectuate

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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

It’s meant to effectuate the mandates in both of those constitutional amendments, and those are permanent rights.

From Slate • Oct. 18, 2025

It's part of the reason why I'm in policy school right now because I needed to understand how laws are made, how people actually effectuate change.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2024

She added that while "the number of people who have federal offences are very low, a pardon at the federal level doesn't effectuate the kind of record clearance we want to see".

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2023

Moncacht-apé, indeed, never executed so noble a plan; but he had however conceived it, and had spared no labour and pains to effectuate it.

From History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing by Le Page du Pratz