effective date

noun

: the day when a law, rule, contract, etc., starts to be used

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The effective date also presents other potential complications. Lorie Konish, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2025 Judge Kernodle granted that motion, staying (temporarily stopping) the effective date of the reporting rule (the BOI rules found a 31 C.F.R. § 1010.380) while the lawsuit is pending. Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 An Agency for Health Care Administration official informed the clinic of the law’s effective date during a May 11, 2022, inspection, and the agency issued a notice on June 9, 2022, about the effective date. Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025 As lawmakers rushed the legislation through in late December, that effective date was not changed. Lorie Konish, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for effective date

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“Effective date.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/effective%20date. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.

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