in effect

phrase

: in substance : virtually

… the … committee agreed to what was in effect a reduction in the hourly wage.

—Current Biography

Examples of in effect in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As of Wednesday, the full stop-work order remained in effect, according to the agency. — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 30 July 2026

Dense smoke is blanketing the region and air quality advisories are in effect in the Boise, Idaho-metropolitan area, which is home to more than 700,000 people. — Kirk Siegler, NPR, 29 July 2026

Along the southern California coast, where beach advisories already are in effect because of full moon high tides, a swell from Hurricane Genevieve will arrive starting July 29, the weather service said. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 28 July 2026

But if none of those clubs is willing to part with the talent the Tigers want for Skubal, and the Yankees are preoccupied with other needs, the Dodgers could emerge as the most viable suitor — in effect, the last team standing. — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 28 July 2026

Rhymes for in effect

• architect
• circumspect
• deselect
• dialect
• disconnect
• disinfect
• disrespect
• incorrect
• indirect
• intellect
• interject
• intersect