How to Use take effect in a Sentence

take effect

idiomatic phrase
  • The current goal is for the law to take effect in the spring.
    Dario Sabaghi, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The Supreme Court this month cleared the way for that ban to take effect.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2025
  • Both firms set a date of April 25 on which the price hike would take effect.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2025
  • That ban never took effect, and Baqir is no longer in the job.
    Justin Doom, Fortune Crypto, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Her hours have been cut back since the overtime laws took effect.
    Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
  • The move, which will take effect in 2026, aims to reduce the length of PGA Tour events, among other things.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
  • In the early morning of Sunday, March 10, the time change takes effect.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Those rules would take effect in 2029 under the bill passed last week by the Ways and Means Committee.
    Alain Sherter, CBS News, 19 May 2025
  • The injunction is set to take effect on Nov. 1 if a pause isn't granted.
    Michael Kan, PCMAG, 7 Oct. 2024
  • The increase would take effect next year, when Hawley’s home state hikes its rate to the same level.
    Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 10 June 2025
  • And one inescapable New York force has begun to take effect.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The end of cash bail was supposed to take effect on Jan. 1, but the law was put on hold while the Illinois Supreme Court reviewed the measure.
    Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2023
  • And so that means that order could very well take effect later this week or in the near future.
    CBS News, 20 Apr. 2025
  • The podcast subscriptions will cost $6 per month or $50 for the year, with the changes taking effect next month.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Most of the rules will take effect in 30 days, though some will be effective sooner.
    Ana Swanson, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Both of the new rates would take effect in January, if approved.
    Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 31 May 2025
  • Meanwhile, portions of the new lemon law take effect Jan. 1; others in April.
    Calmatters, Orange County Register, 19 Dec. 2024
  • In eight of the last 10 years, laws went into effect before Sept. 26, the date Mayes said is the earliest the ban could take effect.
    Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 13 May 2024
  • In each of the two years after New Mexico’s red flag law took effect in 2020, the city logged a new homicide record.
    Rob Kuznia, CNN, 10 July 2023
  • The chip restrictions were scheduled to take effect on May 15.
    Kif Leswing, CNBC, 7 May 2025
  • The new measures announced by Cleverly will take effect in the spring.
    Kitty Donaldson, Fortune Europe, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The parties asked the judges to make a decision by Friday so there is enough time for the high court to review the case before the law takes effect.
    Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Daylight saving time could take effect for the last time on Sunday.
    Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Any real change in terms of how students are learning to read is going to take years to take effect.
    James Barron, New York Times, 15 May 2023
  • On Wednesday, the day that tariffs were meant to take effect, Le’s clients still had little idea what to expect.
    Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Until the 2017 law took effect, the couple paid no taxes on that increase.
    Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 21 June 2024
  • If approved, new exemptions will take effect for the next tax year.
    James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
  • Advertisement Here is a brief overview of a few of the laws that take effect today.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
  • Bibb said gun violence has increased statewide since the law took effect.
    Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 11 July 2023
  • The family had scheduled the trip six months in advance for June 12 — just three days after the travel ban was set to take effect.
    Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 11 June 2025

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