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What does in effect mean?
What does in effect mean?
Why do you think though we still haven't seen a lawsuit outside of Cambridge Analytica that is forcing Facebook in effect to face the music of all of the harm done when those groups were allowed to advertise?
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- English (US)
in effect = in practice, or in fact.
Correct punctuation makes clear what is being said:
"... that is forcing Facebook, in effect, to face..."
- English (US)
acinonyx_jubatus_v is correct. And I would add, it can also mean "happening now." You might hear on the radio, "There is a storm warning in effect" or "There is a hurricane warning in effect" or "The new interest rates are now in effect."
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