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Recent Examples of effectuate Hobbs credited Cook with adding an emergency clause to effectuate Arizona joining the compact on Friday upon her signing the HB 2751 into law. Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 18 May 2024 What's critical is affording ourselves grace in doing our best to effectuate positive change. Simone E. Morris, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024 He can be legitimately accused of effectuating an open-border policy, but that is a disagreement on policy. Nbc Universal, NBC News, 4 Feb. 2024 Understanding the mechanisms—inevitable and otherwise—that effectuated that shift is an exercise Cohen leaves to the reader. Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for effectuate 
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  • Seasonal visitors like rodents, spiders, and wildlife can cause significant damage and health risks without intervention.
    Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Water contains many different minerals that can cause a myriad of problems.
    Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
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  • This instance has created a perfect storm for long-term health problems.
    Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The plan included creating a wellness center; hiring a director of wellness (suicide prevention training would later be in the job posting); gatekeeper training for faculty, staff and students; suicide prevention training for parents; and reexamining academic policies.
    Max Kutner, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2024
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  • Disney brings us a new and original tale of these beloved characters telling two parallel stories and correcting the aspects that didn’t work in the 2019 remake.
    Michaela Zee, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
  • And the filmmaker, who’s disfigured himself, really wanted to bring it out in the open.
    Elena Nelson Howe, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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  • Brian Daboll has to find a way to generate points in the first half.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 15 Dec. 2024
  • In 2023, the brand generates £15 million profits from sales of £54 million and was exported to 40 countries.
    Trevor Clawson, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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  • After the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched its attack on Israel in October last year, Hezbollah began exchanging fire with Israel, prompting an Israeli retaliation that had the group’s top brass assassinated and significantly debilitated its capabilities.
    Mostafa Salem, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Williamson said prior to Thursday’s quake in Northern California, the last comparable 7.0 magnitude quake occurred in June 2005 just off the coast northwest of Eureka, prompting a tsunami warning.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
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  • Artificial intelligence models do much more than generate (occasionally accurate) text responses and (somewhat) realistic videos.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Most people never do this exercise because seeing the gap between their current reality and their dreams feels painful.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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  • Blue whales can produce a 30-foot high blow that shoots straight up.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
  • According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, around 340 million cattle hides are produced globally each year by the meat industry.
    Jennifer Bringle, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024

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“Effectuate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effectuate. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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