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in effect

adverb as in in actuality

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As Agatha Swanburne herself once remarked, “So many cupcakes, so little time”—an unfortunate mathematical ratio that remains in effect to this very day.

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The advisory was in effect for a wide swath of northern and western L.A.

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The flood advisory will be in effect until 2:45 p.m.

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From this perspective, the fight over the Johnson Amendment is no longer about hypothetical infractions but about whether tax-exempt status for churches and religious organizations is, in effect, subsidizing a specific political movement.

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Flood watches are in effect for some 20 million people — starting at 1 a.m.

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