practical effect
Usually practical effects . a special effect that is created live on the set of a film, using real-world objects.
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I've never seen a film series do a better job stringing together such artfully crafted stupidity over so many hours, all aided by scripts full of big heart, and action sequences full of sensational practical effects.
Fast 9 film review: Fast and furious enough, but buckle up for potholes | Sam Machkovech | June 24, 2021 | Ars TechnicaThe immediate practical effect of the recommended pause was limited because the overwhelming majority of the 192 million shots administered in the United States have been made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna using a different technology.
CDC vaccine advisers seek more data on rare blood clots before deciding whether to resume Johnson & Johnson shots | Lena H. Sun, Carolyn Y. Johnson | April 14, 2021 | Washington PostThe creative team used practical effects for the most part to bring the so-called pouffes to life on-screen, manipulating them in ways inspired by the facehuggers seen in Aliens.
Inside ‘Save Yourselves!’—a socially distant comedy for our times | radmarya | October 1, 2020 | FortuneThe new guidelines, scheduled to go into effect in January, 2014, may in fact have little to no practical effect.
Behind the Scenes of the E.U. Settlement Announcement | Noga Tarnopolsky | July 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut for practical effect, you'd be better off trying to explain the fundamentals of tensor calculus.
Why Not Make Social Security Benefits Even More Generous | Megan McArdle | March 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The debate might have been held in any of the last dozen Sessions, with as much practical effect.
Sir Walter Ralegh | William StebbingThe actual practical effect with her is that she succeeds often in wisely deceiving, while intending to be perfectly sincere.
Ester Ried Yet Speaking | Isabella AldenThe practical effect of such an adjustment is to make the tide-agitated body turn a constant face towards its tormentor.
Time and Tide | Robert S. (Robert Stawell) Ballpractical effect was to be given to this principle by the Court before proceeding to divorce.
The Law and the Poor | Edward Abbott ParryHe issued his commands and it was for the gens du mtier to give practical effect to them.
Oscar Wilde | Leonard Cresswell Ingleby
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