How to Use effectuate in a Sentence

effectuate

verb

• That was not the time and place to effectuate the arrest.
  — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 30 July 2020
• As such, the norm is that no order need be issued to effectuate IOP amendments.
  — Jack Kelly and Matthew Defour, Journal Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2023
• The reason is that the police almost never make it to the stores in response to a shoplifting call in time to effectuate an arrest.
  — David Marchesephoto Illustration By Bráulio Amado, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2022
• This payout was a massive 40% of the government's budget and required many bonds to slave owners to effectuate the law.
  — Matthew Brown, USA TODAY, 1 July 2020
• He's committed to helping athletes take the next steps to effectuate change.
  — Rob Maaddi, Star Tribune, 27 Aug. 2020
• In the absence of such laws, a culture of transparency can be difficult to effectuate.
  — Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2024
• The president has even had to be coached to effectuate simple human feelings.
  — Jim Nelson, GQ, 21 May 2018
• But the groundwork is still being laid to effectuate real change, Hedden-Nicely said.
  — Susan Montoya Bryan and Felicia Fonseca, Chron, 3 Apr. 2022
• But the groundwork is still being laid to effectuate real change, Hedden-Nicely said.
  — Susan Montoya Bryan and Felicia Fonseca, Chron, 3 Apr. 2022
• But the groundwork is still being laid to effectuate real change, Hedden-Nicely said.
  — Susan Montoya Bryan and Felicia Fonseca, Chron, 3 Apr. 2022
• But the groundwork is still being laid to effectuate real change, Hedden-Nicely said.
  — Susan Montoya Bryan and Felicia Fonseca, Chron, 3 Apr. 2022
• But the groundwork is still being laid to effectuate real change, Hedden-Nicely said.
  — Susan Montoya Bryan, Felicia Fonseca, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2022
• But the groundwork is still being laid to effectuate real change, Hedden-Nicely said.
  — Time, 2 Apr. 2022
• But the groundwork is still being laid to effectuate real change, Hedden-Nicely said.
  — Susan Montoya Bryan and Felicia Fonseca, Chron, 3 Apr. 2022
• They were called into duty as extra personnel to effectuate the service of the search warrant.
  — Ben Tobin, The Courier-Journal, 23 Sep. 2020
• All the while, black people are harmed, but the people who effectuated that harm have no accountability.
  — Preston Mitchum, The Root, 8 May 2017
• The biggest thing is to have communication from the people that are effectuating it.
  — Sarah Ravani, SFChronicle.com, 28 June 2018
• The rule of law, as effectuated here and abroad, compels a prosecution against those who conspired to overthrow democracy in the United States.
  — Andrew Weissmann, Variety, 1 Mar. 2023
• But in order to actually effectuate the license, Treasury had to get approval from the State Department.
  — CBS News, 7 July 2021
• Allen cited that conversation as the catalyst to effectuate change for the greater good, by building the world’s biggest media company.
  — Essence, 26 June 2020
• This does not mean that all pregnant aliens will be detained; only those whose detention is necessary to effectuate removal, as well as those deemed a flight risk or danger to the community.
  — Jewel Wicker, Teen Vogue, 10 July 2018
• Finally, the appeals court said the Levitts presented evidence the bank failed to effectuate the transfer of titles to trailers the Levitts used in their business, resulting in the trailers being repossessed.
  — Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 22 Sep. 2022
• But more importantly, Republicans in Congress should unite, and then seek to find a few free-thinking Democrats, to effectuate what the administration will propose.
  — The Editors, National Review, 21 Mar. 2025
• The Senate Finance Committee, which will spearhead broad changes to the federal tax code to pay for the bill, is also looking at ways to use credits, deductions and a possible excise tax to effectuate a similar outcome.
  — New York Times, 6 Aug. 2021
• The world is watching America rebuff allies while effectuating Putin’s plans.
  — Michael Szalma, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2025
• The point of activism is to effectuate change and to embrace responsibility for positive social outcomes connected to their cause.
  — Jay Ruderman, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2024
• What's critical is affording ourselves grace in doing our best to effectuate positive change.
  — Simone E. Morris, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
• Baroni and Kelly were convicted of defrauding the Port Authority of money and property because time and labor was required to effectuate the lane realignment.
  — David Porter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2019
• 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
• Trump’s executive orders and policies effectuated by his administration seek to sharply curb transgender rights and remove them from public life.
  — Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 31 Mar. 2025