as in caused
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
the hope that the greater social interaction between members of the different classes will effectuate greater school spirit
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Recent earthquakes in this area have caused secondary hazards such as landslides that might have contributed to losses.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
19 Apr. 2026 -
The book raised issues about conservation and the environmental problems caused by synthetic pesticides.—
Makenna Morrison Gary,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2026
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The artist created devotional scenes representing the fourteen Stations of the Cross.—
Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Born at the zoo in 2024, Neukgu is a third-generation descendent of a group of wolves brought from Russia in 2008 as part of a project to reintroduce wolves resembling those that lived in the Korean wild before going extinct in the 1960s.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Read's attorneys claimed that O'Keefe was never hit by a vehicle, but was instead killed inside the home during a fight and then brought outside.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The book was completed months before Anthropic’s redlines generated new interest in autonomous-drone swarms and killer robots, but even then the writing was on the wall.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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The splitter, which generated a 50 percent whiff rate Tuesday, is practically unsolvable.—
Katie Woo,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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Among the victims were two boys, ages 12 and 14, whose deaths have rattled their community in Northeast Washington and prompted broader fears about an uptick in gun violence that typically unfolds in warmer weather.—
Marissa J. Lang,
Washington Post,
19 Apr. 2026
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The visit was prompted by information from a family member of the person who lived in the home.—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2026
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After its first flight following Christmas in 1942, only 1,435 of these fighters were produced before the war ended, as per the National Naval Aviation Museum.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Apr. 2026
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The school has produced three Heisman winners (Steve Spurrier, Tim Tebow, Danny Wuerffel), a runner-up (Rex Grossman) and a finalist (Kyle Trask).—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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Summer-like temperatures will give way to chilly weather across the Northeast beginning on Monday as residents in the Midwest and Plains clean up after a spell of severe weather that spawned multiple tornadoes.—
Kyle Reiman,
ABC News,
19 Apr. 2026
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In their second year, an H100 spawned $36,000 in annual profit for a 137% return on investment.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
15 Apr. 2026
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The all-electric Bentayga isn’t the only EV that has been effected by changes at Volkswagen Group.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
13 Apr. 2026
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Floridians deserve to know how their money is being spent, and how their daily lives might be effected if their local governments are starved of revenue.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Effectuated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effectuated. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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