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in effect
adverb as in in actuality
Weak matches
Example Sentences
As Agatha Swanburne herself once remarked, “So many cupcakes, so little time”—an unfortunate mathematical ratio that remains in effect to this very day.
The advisory was in effect for a wide swath of northern and western L.A.
The flood advisory will be in effect until 2:45 p.m.
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.
Flood watches are in effect for some 20 million people — starting at 1 a.m.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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