in effect
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Even when people can recognize where hurricane watches are in effect, they may not feel more at risk or become more inclined to take precautions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
"That created chaos, with police officers running right, running left, and in effect, we got overwhelmed."
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Hydraulic mining was in effect outlawed in 1884 — by a court order, not legislation — but by then the environmental devastation it had unleashed in the Sacramento Valley was inescapable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Cornell will immediately suspend any fraternity holding a party or social event in its house while the ban is in effect, Kotlikoff said, and the university will help students develop “safe social alternatives.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
As Agatha Swanburne herself once remarked, “So many cupcakes, so little time”—an unfortunate mathematical ratio that remains in effect to this very day.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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