Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being effective.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being effective.
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- noun The property of being
effective - noun The ability to be
effective . - noun The degree to which something is
effective .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect
- noun capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects
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Examples
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I think that any small drop in effectiveness is more than countered by the benefits of open, realistic government.
Matthew Yglesias » CBO Analysis Highlights Staggering “Output Gap” Absent Fiscal Stimulus 2009
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Research, such as that by William Sanders and Eric Hanushek, shows that teacher effectiveness is the most important in-school factor affecting student learning.
How Can the Achievement Gap Be Closed? A Freakonomics Quorum - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Research, such as that by William Sanders and Eric Hanushek, shows that teacher effectiveness is the most important in-school factor affecting student learning.
How Can the Achievement Gap Be Closed? A Freakonomics Quorum - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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But the key to their effectiveness is their rattle, and it's not just the noise, but also how it is made.
Pop Goes the Rattler 1999
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We have used both of them before, and there doesn't seem to be any difference in effectiveness between those two brands.
Page 3 2009
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These resources, applied against the drug producers and distributors, could make a very important difference in effectiveness of efforts to curtail this illegal industry.
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The only way to do that with any cost effectiveness is to do the hard work required to bring the price of electricity down, so that people can go a few hundred miles (they will need a comparable distance) and plug it into their houses without breaking the bank at the end of the day.
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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Nonetheless, conclusive evidence about a treatment's effectiveness is rarely found in a single study.
Quick Study: Yoga may help ease the debilitating symptoms of fibromyalgia Post 2010
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And since the .270,. 30-06 and 7mag (usually Remington) are considered the Top 3 big game rounds, and are practically equal in effectiveness when it comes to whitetail/mule deer/caribou and even elk sized animals (with proper bullets), their shares of 12, 11 and 11% overall are close enough to be almost identical.
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And since the .270,. 30-06 and 7mag (usually Remington) are considered the Top 3 big game rounds, and are practically equal in effectiveness when it comes to whitetail/mule deer/caribou and even elk sized animals (with proper bullets), their shares of 12, 11 and 11% overall are close enough to be almost identical.
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