in effect
Example Sentences
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The slow speed also gives flight teams the best chance of spotting and stopping any unwelcome movement of what is in effect a mobile skyscraper.
From BBC
When she came back last month, with the new H-2A rates in effect, she was offered only the state minimum wage of $16.90 an hour.
From Los Angeles Times
A heat advisory is in effect for coastal L.A. through Friday.
From Los Angeles Times
The agreement that allowed the U.S. to build the base at the time is still in effect, but stationing soldiers in the most isolated part of Greenland would be a huge logistical challenge.
“Our powerful attacking capability is, in effect, for defending ourselves.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
