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effected

  • past participle
    of effect.
    effect
    noun
    something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence.
  • past tense form
    of effect.
    effect
    noun
    something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence.

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It effected the way it was played too.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Later on Wednesday, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the president will raise the global tariff to 15% in the coming days "where appropriate" but did not name which countries would be effected.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

The deal will be effected through a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement under United Kingdom law, requiring a 75% majority vote from Allfunds shareholders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026

Rather than fight, Nicolls and Stuyvesant effected a merger.

From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2025

But much of the transformation was also effected as a result of plants’ selecting themselves.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond