to the effect that
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A message of a different sort would be delivered if the MPC removed a phrase that has appeared in recent policy statements to the effect that the key rate is likely to be lowered further.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026
Duke replies with words to the effect that the world doesn't give a damn about him, so he doesn't care about the world either.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
Is there a limit to the effect that public pressure can have during a strike, vis-à-vis the economic fundamentals—how long manufacturers believe they can afford to hold out?
From Slate • Nov. 8, 2023
But his subsequent sotto voce remark, to the effect that he probably wouldn’t give any of the Manhattan Project scientists clearance under those rules, doesn’t appear anywhere in the 1,011-page hearing transcript.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2023
There was a popular saying to the effect that England is a paradise for women, a prison for servants, and a hell for horses.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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