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The phrase "a placebo effect" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the phenomenon where a patient experiences a perceived improvement in their condition due to believing they are receiving treatment, even if the treatment is inactive.
Example: "The study revealed that participants who received the sugar pill reported significant improvements, highlighting the power of a placebo effect in clinical trials."
Alternatives: "placebo response" or "placebo phenomenon".
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A placebo effect.
"It's completely a placebo effect".
Because it's not a placebo effect".
M: A placebo effect is not nothing!
Separate paths have a placebo effect.
It would only have a placebo effect".
I can definitely say it was not a placebo effect.
Maybe in the end it's just a placebo effect.
Or maybe it was not a placebo effect.
The most direct impact on performance could be a placebo effect, he said.
But can they help people feel better because there is a placebo effect?
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