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in force

adjective as in effective

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She said until the media showed up in force Thursday, ICE agents had been harassing, scaring, and shooting at protesters with these kinds of crowd control devices.

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Rain spreads in from the west, turning particularly heavy in western Scotland where there's a yellow Met Office warning in force until midnight.

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In the memo, the Office of Budget and Management directs federal agencies to begin drafting "reduction in force" plans for programmes whose funding will lapse if Congress fails to meet a 30 September budget deadline.

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“The significant reduction of aircraft and flight hours requires a much higher reduction in force, and the company is clear that a furlough is necessary,” the memo said.

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A Met Office yellow warning for strong winds is in force across the southern half of the UK on Monday as an area of low pressure passes close by.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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