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The phrase "are effectively dead" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is no longer functioning, relevant, or alive in a metaphorical or literal sense.
Example: "After years of neglect, the once-thriving project are effectively dead, and no one is willing to revive it."
Alternatives: "are essentially non-existent" or "are practically lifeless."
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Although copies may be available in libraries, they are effectively dead to the wider world.
What is clear is that Tony Abbott's offensive against renewable energy and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation are effectively dead.
Most of them are effectively dead, but a few of them may still make RNA molecules that serve an important function.
Talks continue but, as UN negotiator and former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari diplomatically told the security council, they are effectively dead.
I know people may think that isn't long but if your heart stops you are effectively dead for that amount of time," Alabi says.
Many more companies and individuals are being restructured outside of formal processes and the figures do not include those companies that are effectively dead in the water, but lacking the triggers that force intervention.
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By 1872, the Klan was effectively dead.
Mr. Dolowich's racket was effectively dead.
Without a stamp of approval, the deal was effectively dead.
"Mrs Cooper was effectively dead from the time she arrived in intensive care.
Bush's poll numbers sank, and the plan was effectively dead by the fall.
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