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"the only effective" is a grammatically correct phrase and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe something as the sole or most successful way of achieving a certain goal or result. Example: "Out of all the treatments we tried, the only effective one was acupuncture."
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the only effective
adverb
Without others or anything further; exclusively.
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The only effective treatment was time.
The only effective Knick was Thomas.
Currently, the only effective treatment is an implantable defibrillator.
Now, patients receive implantable defibrillators, the only effective treatment.
The only effective remedy is to change people's incentives.
Defibrillation is the only effective treatment of ventricular fibrillation.
Cutting taxes is the only effective way to restrain spending".
"The only effective mitigation is relocation to alternative site".
He said the only effective management style was "by threat".
The only effective Naturalist dramatist was Henry-François Becque.
The only effective, long-term treatment for obesity currently available, the paper says, is bariatric surgery.
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