| in effect | A scientist had to know how to ask the correct question and to state it so clearly that the answer would be, in effect, a definite yes or no, not "maybe". |
| in effect | Being silent is regarded in effect as approval. |
| in effect | Benefits are in effect. |
| in effect | His reply was in effect a refusal. |
| in effect | In effect, flowers are the creators of honey. |
| in effect | In this case, translation is, in effect, impossible. |
| in effect | Our suggestions were, in effect, almost the same. |
| in effect | That company is, in effect, bankrupt. |
| in effect | The law is not in effect any longer. |
| in effect | The law is still in effect. |
| in effect | This is in effect less expensive than that. |
| in effect | This sort of structure is called a double negative, but in effect it shows affirmation. |