as in caused
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
classroom presentations designed to effect greater interest in careers in scientific fields
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Recent Examples of effected
As Deadline previously reported, Paramount television and marketing/distribution were effected today.
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
Visitors can explore everything from the evolution of visual effects to cultural changes effected by documentaries, with interactive installations, film screenings, Q&As, and rotating exhibitions.
—Sophie-Claire Hoeller, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
Gophers linebacker Devon Williams met a family effected by the shooting and gathered players for a picture.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
His safe departure from Owensboro was effected [sic] through subterfuge.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Small models along with the largest models on the market were both effected by the same small amount of bad files, even though the bigger models are trained on far more total data.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
Howell basically Streisand effected the rumors even more by DMing Phan shippers to tell them to stop, only for his protest to be circulated even more, making shippers even more rabid.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2025
Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
Visitors can explore everything from the evolution of visual effects to cultural changes effected by documentaries, with interactive installations, film screenings, Q&As, and rotating exhibitions.
—Sophie-Claire Hoeller, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
Gophers linebacker Devon Williams met a family effected by the shooting and gathered players for a picture.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
His safe departure from Owensboro was effected [sic] through subterfuge.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Small models along with the largest models on the market were both effected by the same small amount of bad files, even though the bigger models are trained on far more total data.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
Howell basically Streisand effected the rumors even more by DMing Phan shippers to tell them to stop, only for his protest to be circulated even more, making shippers even more rabid.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for effected
Verb
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At the same time, inflation has caused pain.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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The chairman claimed his words had been taken out of context, but his comments were splashed across the back of the newspapers and caused a storm of controversy.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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See our fan gallery created by Courier Journal photographer Scott Utterback.—
Stephanie Stremplewski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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Examples include the hospitality boxes F1 has created with Lewis Hamilton and Gordon Ramsay for 2025.—
Patrick Iversen,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Eileen has freshly embraced sobriety, and has brought her manuscript with her in the hopes of impressing several key mucky-mucks in attendance.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
29 Oct. 2025
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Brown brought a full R&B coalition with him in Summer Walker, Bryson Tiller and Jhené Aiko, proving that Beyoncé isn’t the only R&B powerhouse capable of pulling stadium-level receipts.—
Carl Lamarre,
Billboard,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Melissa generated torrential rains, causing flooding with more than 12 inches of rain estimated, CNN reported.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Swells generated by Melissa will continue to affect portions of Hispaniola, Cuba, the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands for the next few days, and will spread toward Bermuda later this week, causing life-threatening surf and rip current conditions.—
MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT,
Miami Herald,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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This prompted her and Hall to get into what would be their last argument.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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The viral reaction prompted a studio version, which now marks the act’s 13th top 10 (fittingly) on the list.—
Russ Penuell,
Billboard,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In the end the meetings produced no substantive breakthrough for either side.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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The ad was produced by the Ontario government.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Some of these posts have drawn ire from other parents, spurred satire videos making fun of them with millions of views, and even spawned satirical groups making fun of their larger campus ones.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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These differences reveal the chemistry of the molecular cloud of gas that spawned the comet and its home star system over seven billion years ago, allowing astronomers to make direct comparisons between the chemistry of the solar system and of the original home of 3I/ATLAS.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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