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Free sign upThe phrase "ability to effect" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's capacity to bring about a change or influence a situation.
Example: "Her ability to effect positive change in the community has been widely recognized."
Alternatives: "capacity to influence" or "power to bring about".
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But those in positions of power with the ability to effect sweeping change, with the means to spearhead truly effective transportation strategies for the future of Orange County, can't see that.
Even so, his ability to effect change is limited.
Each data point helps us to adapt, grow, and improve our ability to effect change.
Nitze possessed boundless faith in material progress and confidence in Americans' ability to effect constructive change abroad.
They prey on our desire for change and on our lack of confidence in our own ability to effect it.
Several said she had restored their faith in government's ability to effect change.
The ability to effect "membership" in an inner circle is rooted in Extra Extra's editorial connections.
When you define your "I" as what I call a "weak I" you have lost your ability to effect change.
Ability to effect killing of autologous tumor cells will be assessed using a 2-color fluorescence assay.
She's engagingly forthright, articulate on the problems facing young black people, and a great believer in her own ability to effect social change.
And its ability to effect change in people's personal or political lives has nothing to do with its degree of "fictionality".
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