EFFECTUATING Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

effectuating

verb

present participle of effectuate

as in creating

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 Examples of effectuating Many also encouraged people to vote in the upcoming mid-term elections, stressing that the people voted into public office are key to effectuating change. — Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Mar. 2026 Cunningham laid out a tax-effective but complex alternative to directly selling and buying that involves converting your home to a rental and effectuating a 1031 exchange for your replacement property. — Jessica Roy, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Jan. 2026 Respondents' conduct over the past months belie that his detention has been for the basic purpose of effectuating removal, lending further support that Abrego Garcia should be held no longer. — Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025

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Without that discipline, organizations may end up creating more dashboards while preserving the same confusion.

— Suresh Rajapakse, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
The accords failed to stop the war, creating a frozen conflict with an ever-rising human toll that ultimately gave way to a full-scale invasion.

— David Brennan, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of creating

Verb

In July, nearly 4,000 megawatts of data center load suddenly dropped off the public grid in Northern Virginia, part of PJM, the largest regional transmission organization in the US, causing rapid spikes in grid frequency and voltage.

— , CNBC, 18 Sep. 2026
Last year, immigration raids and tariffs hung over the celebration causing the event and mas bands to make adjustments.

— Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of causing

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Others require deep intelligence—analyzing complex financial information, generating code from ambiguous requirements or weighing competing factors.

— Nitin Gupta, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Did that decision from a candidate generating some buzz alter the Red Wings’ plans?

— Max Bultman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of generating

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Like all the other participants in the beginning class, Bugumba also has an artistic bent, bringing a tumbler artistically decorated with cat logos and a phone case covered with feline pictures.

— Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
The Moon in your partnership zone squares Mercury in your domestic sphere, bringing competing needs into the same room.

— Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of bringing

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The failure spread through the electrical system as far as Matanzas province, prompting the eastern portion of the island to disconnect from the grid.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026
The deaths came amid late-season monsoon storms pounding the Navajo Nation, damaging roads, inundating remote communities and prompting a state of emergency.

— Jessica Hill, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of prompting

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CreativeFuture, the nonprofit advocating for creative copyright protections, was doing their own work, as were representatives from the TV Academy.

— Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
So the idea is that a particle has definite properties independent of what distant particles are doing.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of doing

Verb

That target remains well beyond simply producing a larger processor.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
Centuries before the internet infiltrated almost every aspect of daily life, Swift described how scientific and technological advances could lead to chronic distraction by producing an obsession with what could be rather than what is.

— Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of producing

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Asked what the secret sauce is to effecting a brand turnaround of this magnitude, Shamah said a key is to start by inviting the consumer behind the proverbial velvet rope.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 31 Aug. 2026
Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Oil prices year-to-date Citi warned that effecting the fee could also lift the possibility of a broader military confrontation in the near term.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 14 July 2026

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