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in an effective manner
Her essay effectually communicates the need for new infrastructure. Their vacation was effectually ruined by the storm.
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Recent Examples of effectually
Providing valuable insights to clients effectually integrates innovations which foster efficiency, competitiveness and growth in this era characterized by digital globalization.
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Debbi Compton, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023
In the past China, was viewed as an attractive labor market which could cost effectually do manual assembly of all parts sourced globally.
—Cindy Gordon, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
But allocate no money that will effectually perpetuate indolence.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2021
These efforts helped the GOP win back Congress and effectually block much of Obama’s agenda for the rest of his presidency.
—Natalie Shure, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2021
The trick was to get T cells to recognize and respond to cancers both more selectively and more effectually.
—Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, 15 July 2019
Lynchings of black people effectually was enough to keep black people, who did outnumber their oppressors, in their place.
—Tiffany Capers - Contributing Columnist, Observer Editorial Board, charlotteobserver, 18 May 2018
By developing on Google’s open technology, the company effectually gains free development.
—Scott Loganbill, WIRED, 9 July 2008
Debbi Compton, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023
In the past China, was viewed as an attractive labor market which could cost effectually do manual assembly of all parts sourced globally.
—Cindy Gordon, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
But allocate no money that will effectually perpetuate indolence.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2021
These efforts helped the GOP win back Congress and effectually block much of Obama’s agenda for the rest of his presidency.
—Natalie Shure, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2021
The trick was to get T cells to recognize and respond to cancers both more selectively and more effectually.
—Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, 15 July 2019
Lynchings of black people effectually was enough to keep black people, who did outnumber their oppressors, in their place.
—Tiffany Capers - Contributing Columnist, Observer Editorial Board, charlotteobserver, 18 May 2018
By developing on Google’s open technology, the company effectually gains free development.
—Scott Loganbill, WIRED, 9 July 2008
Recent Examples of Synonyms for effectually
Adverb
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The loss effectively puts an end to Sporting’s playoff hopes.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Bills went with effectively the same five players, save a sub or two when someone needed a rest, in their furious comeback.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Eighteen years on from her international debut in Osaka in 2007, her final bow taking place in Tokyo means Fraser-Pryce’s career is neatly bookended by World Championships in Japan.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Solving Messy, Unclear Problems Not every challenge at work comes neatly labeled with instructions.—
Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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This announcement represents a major milestone in the software and hardware needed to efficiently process inference queries, disaggregating inference processing into two workloads with a GPU tailored for each in the case of long-context windows greater than one million tokens.—
Karl Freund,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The electric system is underperforming because utilities and energy companies don’t get rewarded for making the existing system operate more efficiently or adopting new technologies that could render outdated systems obsolete.—
Brian Deese,
Foreign Affairs,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Effectually.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effectually. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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