How to Use in effect in a Sentence

in effect

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  • Airports are, in effect, toll booths on the long-term growth of global travel.
    — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • The extreme heat warning remains in effect through the evening.
    — Michael Autovino, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Roseville police noted that no road closures are in effect at this time.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Road closures were in effect across much of the area northwest of downtown Reno.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The college essay is, in effect, a pitch deck in prose — why that student, why now, what's the through line.
    — Joash Lee, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • The bridge contract will remain in effect, despite the changes to the budget bill.
    — William Melhado july 7, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
  • The old zones will remain in effect concurrently with the new zones.
    — Dylan Sherman, Arkansas Online, 2 July 2026
  • Even while the ban was in effect, the programs stayed open to provide other services to their clients.
    — Paul Christine, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Be aware there’s a Moon Alert in effect all day, so restrict spending to food and gas.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 10 July 2026
  • In other words, the injunction will remain in effect until at least next week.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Because there’s a Moon Alert in effect all day, restrict spending to food and gas.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 10 July 2026
  • The union argued the March judgment is still in effect because no court has put it on hold or overturned it.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
  • The rule will not be in effect for the final two minutes of regulation or in overtime.
    — Zach Powell, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • Neighbors would be voting, in effect, to force their fellow neighbors from their apartments.
    — Noah Shachtman, Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The women who earned them were told, in effect, that the question was too complicated to answer.
    — Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • She is forced to rule that the cake was, in effect, presented to the nephew, as the dessert to be shared with everyone at the table.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • Paramount hopes the deal will be completed and in effect by the end of September.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 30 June 2026
  • Then the retailers move them to what is in effect a more expensive subscription.
    — Ed Hirs, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • The machine, in effect, makes a decision and then prints out a receipt that tells you that your protests are incorrect.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 14 July 2026
  • There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect, but people were urged to closely monitor the storm’s progress.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Our institutions are, in effect, frozen answers to an old constraint.
    — Srini Attili, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Right now, there are beach hazard statements and coastal flood alerts in effect all along the California coast.
    — CBS News, 12 July 2026
  • The snake charmer is, in effect, a stand-in for Gérôme, whose art relies on seduction and deception.
    — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
  • Furthermore, there’s a Moon Alert in effect all day, so restrict spending to food and gas.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 10 July 2026
  • This match is the latest notable step forward for a women’s setup that was in effect mothballed just a decade ago due to a lack of funds.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • Up to a foot of rain was also expected in parts of Maui, where tropical storm warnings are in effect.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • That tax would be in effect only until hostilities end and prices fall below that threshold.
    — Tibor Besedeš, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Air quality alerts are also in effect for much of Colorado because of the wildfire smoke.
    — Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 29 June 2026
  • Yet here Lutnick was coaching potential buyers, in effect putting himself on both sides of the deal.
    — Noah Shachtman, Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026
  • But don’t agree to anything important during the Moon Alert, which is in effect almost all day.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 10 July 2026

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