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Discover Ludwig"had in effect" is a correct phrase and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to indicate that something was or is currently in force or in operation, either officially or unofficially. Example: The new policy, which had been in effect for just a week, had already caused a significant increase in productivity.
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T.N.R. now had, in effect, two editors.
Holbrooke's temperament had, in effect, trumped his talents.
His career had in effect amounted to nothing.
They argued that this had in effect transformed the judge into a witness for the prosecution.
They had, in effect, engineered something of a win-win situation for her.
Serota said the attack had, in effect, been on all nine murals.
I was frightened, because I had, in effect, been summoned into a royal presence.
Now he had, in effect, withdrawn this image and put forward its exact opposite — "positive polarization".
Its DNA had, in effect, been kept in cold storage for all that time.
Each side had, in effect, a veto over the language of any bill.
It was an idea that state health officials had, in effect, already rejected.
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