Sentence examples for in effect, used from inspiring English sources

Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson told reporters that Mr. Trump had, in effect, used flattery to appeal to Mr. Xi to do more to isolate North Korea.

Other experts say the unreserved chairs are even more dangerous because they can be tossed around, and in effect used as weapons.

They also learned that, if given human hairpieces, the monkeys in effect used them as floss dispensers, plucking out strands and spinning them into floss.

And JDS, following in the footsteps of other tech companies, has in effect used the high value investors place on its stock as the basis for a series of acquisitions -- an empire built on expectations.

For all the billions of dollars committed to the banks by the Treasury and the Federal Reserve, American taxpayers have, in effect, used mostly loans to turn themselves into emergency creditors of the financial system.

Disciplined and ruthless, Hizbullah has in effect used Shia unity to gain a stronghold over much of Lebanon's feeble state, and a veto over policy.

Apple is in the enviable position of – in effect – using its customers as beta testers.

The company has taken on the Mount Olympus Wilderness, in effect using it as an outdoor product-testing center.

One possible remedy, in regions where precipitation coöperates, is to recharge endangered aquifers artificially, by pumping surface water into the earth — in effect, using emptied aquifers as reservoirs.

While Christmas has come early for previously fee-paying parents, critics say that the policy is in effect using public money to fund private education.

Visiting teams in effect use their own countries' public funds to shore up repression abroad.