Example Sentences

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Still, the watchdog group said its list has effected social change.

From Washington Times • Feb. 6, 2020

For if the average photo is ever dumber, photography matters even more; the social photo, in Mr. Jurgenson’s phrase, has effected a “fusion of media and bodies” that has made every gallerygoer a cyborg.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2019

It’s a small triumph, but it does little change the reality of what Stannis has effected: another good lord killed by a monster.

From Time • Apr. 12, 2015

Twitter has effected some important changes over the past several months, including a simpler form for reporting abuse, but the most useful tools are still unofficial, jury-rigged, and imperfect solutions like block lists.

From The Verge • Feb. 27, 2015

The interest of our chief with government has effected this.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various