effectively
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Costs were understated and profits overstated, effectively creating a tax penalty on business investment.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
Keenan argued that workers’ compensation law, which bars employee lawsuits over work-related injuries, also prohibited the child’s claims, because a fetus in an employee’s womb was effectively an employee herself.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
Iran has effectively blocked the waterway since the start of the war on February 28, driving up global oil and gas prices.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
"Instead, what matters is sustained advantage: who leads in capability, who embeds AI most effectively across their economy, and who sets global standards."
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
In effect, the political institutions and the very authority of the federal government were too new and ill-formed to cope effectively with the foreign and domestic challenges facing the new nation.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.