How to Use in effect in a Sentence

in effect

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• Airports are, in effect, toll booths on the long-term growth of global travel.
  — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
• The college essay is, in effect, a pitch deck in prose — why that student, why now, what's the through line.
  — Joash Lee, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
• The bridge contract will remain in effect, despite the changes to the budget bill.
  — William Melhado july 7, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
• The old zones will remain in effect concurrently with the new zones.
  — Dylan Sherman, Arkansas Online, 2 July 2026
• Be aware there’s a Moon Alert in effect all day, so restrict spending to food and gas.
  — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 10 July 2026
• Because there’s a Moon Alert in effect all day, restrict spending to food and gas.
  — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 10 July 2026
• The union argued the March judgment is still in effect because no court has put it on hold or overturned it.
  — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
• The rule will not be in effect for the final two minutes of regulation or in overtime.
  — Zach Powell, New York Times, 2 July 2026
• The women who earned them were told, in effect, that the question was too complicated to answer.
  — Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
• She is forced to rule that the cake was, in effect, presented to the nephew, as the dessert to be shared with everyone at the table.
  — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
• Paramount hopes the deal will be completed and in effect by the end of September.
  — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 30 June 2026
• Then the retailers move them to what is in effect a more expensive subscription.
  — Ed Hirs, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
• The machine, in effect, makes a decision and then prints out a receipt that tells you that your protests are incorrect.
  — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 14 July 2026
• Our institutions are, in effect, frozen answers to an old constraint.
  — Srini Attili, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
• Right now, there are beach hazard statements and coastal flood alerts in effect all along the California coast.
  — CBS News, 12 July 2026
• The snake charmer is, in effect, a stand-in for Gérôme, whose art relies on seduction and deception.
  — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
• Furthermore, there’s a Moon Alert in effect all day, so restrict spending to food and gas.
  — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 10 July 2026
• This match is the latest notable step forward for a women’s setup that was in effect mothballed just a decade ago due to a lack of funds.
  — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 21 July 2026
• Air quality alerts are also in effect for much of Colorado because of the wildfire smoke.
  — Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 29 June 2026
• But don’t agree to anything important during the Moon Alert, which is in effect almost all day.
  — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 10 July 2026
• As of Wednesday, the full stop-work order remained in effect, according to the agency.
  — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
• San José State complied fully with the law in effect in 2024 and prior.
  — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
• The rental gremlin is the structure of the rules, in effect in varying forms since World War II.
  — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
• The decision means the minimum age of 21 to purchase a handgun will remain in effect, at least for now.
  — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 30 June 2026
• Alerts are already in effect farther north across Pennsylvania.
  — Cutter Martin, CBS News, 29 June 2026
• An extreme heat watch will be in effect from Wednesday afternoon to Saturday evening.
  — ABC News, 29 June 2026
• Lane closures remained in effect, snarling traffic for several miles as rush hour intensified.
  — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
• Additional rainfall is expected in the same area through tonight, and a Flood Watch remains in effect.
  — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 10 July 2026
• Each recommendation says, in effect, ‘This music matters to me.
  — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 25 July 2026
• The agreement is expected to remain in effect into the 2050s.
  — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026