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The phrase "an overall effect" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the cumulative impact or result of various elements or factors in a particular context.
Example: "The changes in the policy had an overall effect on the community's well-being, leading to improved health outcomes."
Alternatives: "a general impact" or "a cumulative effect."
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First, although an overall effect was observed, it was difficult to differentiate the effective components and messages within the intervention.
So the simple act of eating tainted worms may be having an overall effect on starling populations, she added.
Some artists make it look something like tinted photography, an overall effect where the artist's hand is not seen.
Jekyll approached gardens as a painter might, striving for an overall effect.
The aim was to give an overall effect that resembled such natural objects as stones, in being largely uncontrived.
"Its massing is mountainlike — sumptuous masses piled on top of each other for an overall effect of immense repose," Paul Goldberger wrote in his 1978 architectural guidebook, "The City Observed: New York," for which the first photograph was taken.
The Miser is grateful that unlike many of the city's more relentlessly "vintage" enterprises, the Gutter presents an overall effect that's subtle, not oppressive.
Results demonstrate an overall effect of menstrual cycle phase on neural activation.
The introduction of surface roughness causes an overall effect similar to reducing the swirl ratio.
In such situations, studies of similar study design are pooled together to obtain an overall effect estimate.
This up-to-date meta-analysis was conducted to obtain an overall effect estimate based on current evidence.
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