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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Running open-weight AI agents and programs has been gaining steam, creating shortages for desktop Macs.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026
The rest of the lunar surface may take on an eerie reddish-orange hue, creating an impressive 'almost blood moon'.

— Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of creating

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To prevent climate solutions from causing a biodiversity crisis, green development requires smarter planning.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
In Deify — currently in production in Chicago — a cult leader is put on trial after causing his devoted followers to be burned alive.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of causing

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When generating text, large language models pick each next word from a set of plausible candidates.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Aug. 2026
The uneven nature seen by ALMA is likely the result of massive convective movements in the star, hot plasma rising through the star and generating shockwaves that erupt in the star's atmosphere, creating bright and hot regions.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of generating

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And peony, while bringing a lightness to an otherwise darker slate of fragrance trends, still feels like a more sophisticated floral than an obvious rose.

— Loren Savini, Allure, 22 Aug. 2026
The effect of bringing a host of films together in this way is never predictable; even familiar elements don’t look the same.

— Geoffrey O’Brien, The New York Review of Books, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of bringing

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Candidates who struggle to provide substantive answers—or who can’t name anyone without prompting—may often show this same pattern of taking solo credit throughout the interview and beyond.

— Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 24 Aug. 2026
Clancy then began taking Zoloft, prompting immediate difficulty, Heilbrun said, recounting the symptoms and treatments in the lead-up to the death of Clancy's children months later in January 2023.

— Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of prompting

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Finite’s founder, Amy Gardner, has producing credits on the likes of And Then Come the Nightjars, La Bohème, Honeytrap, and My House, and worked on the stage productions of Nuclear Children and The Joy of Text.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
Those numbers should prompt serious questions about what is happening in classrooms and whether NYC Reads — the city’s sweeping changes to reading instruction — is producing the results students need.

— Katie Pace Miles, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of producing

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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
Although the wine mom has certain advantages for effecting political change in an age of hyperpolitics, one still suspects that the commonest usage of the term is rooted in reflexive, sexist disdain.

— Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 7 May 2026

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