effective date

noun

: the day when a law, rule, contract, etc., starts to be used

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The law’s effective date is retroactive to January 2024, so many beneficiaries are getting a one-time retroactive payment that could amount to thousands of dollars, as well as higher monthly benefits starting this year. Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025 Companies could face hundreds of billions of dollars in legal liability for facilitating TikTok’s operations since the law’s effective date of Jan. 19, Democratic Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and Ed Markey of Massachusetts wrote. Sarah Parvini, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025 The effective date for the new policy is April 14, two weeks later than initially planned. Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025 Prior to the effective date the CTA was challenged in the courts resulting in an on-again off-again roller coaster of injunctions. Joshua D. Smeltzer, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for effective date

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“Effective date.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/effective%20date. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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