How to Use effectively in a Sentence

effectively

adverb
  • Try to communicate your ideas more effectively.
  • The Sanders campaign, held to less than 40 percent of the vote, was effectively over.
    Ross Barkan, The New Republic, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Few teams -- if any -- are running the ball as effectively as the Browns are right now.
    Dan Labbe, cleveland, 2 Oct. 2022
  • The sports watch is effectively the opposite of a dress watch.
    Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 16 May 2024
  • That's where celebrities use it as a stage effectively to show off their fame and their wealth.
    Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The key is knowing how to prepare them, and then how to use them effectively in the moment.
    Allison Shapira, Harvard Business Review, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Read on to learn why core health matters and how to train your core effectively.
    Dana Santas, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
  • The decision effectively keeps the court out of the case for now and could mean the case's March 4 trial date could be delayed.
    Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 22 Dec. 2023
  • With more than two-thirds of homes now destroyed, much of Gaza is effectively gone.
    Salwan Georges, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
  • The lower third of the Eagles’ lineup was able to effectively reach base.
    Paul Shepherd, The Indianapolis Star, 10 June 2023
  • Here’s a how-to for what is points betting and how to use it effectively at PointsBet.
    Catena Media, oregonlive, 3 Jan. 2023
  • This helps your body float to the surface of water more effectively.
    Joe Jackson, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Passing the ball effectively will always be the best way to generate points and win games in the NFL.
    Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The treatment effectively removed all the oil buildup on my skin and tightened my pores.
    Larry Stansbury, Essence, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The shift led to a monthslong back and forth between the House and Senate that effectively stalled the funding process.
    Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2024
  • That trains the glutes more effectively and keeps the lift more dynamic in nature.
    Men's Health, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The survey found broad support for the fund, but there was doubt that the city could lead the fundraising campaign and manage the fund effectively.
    Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2022
  • There's not a fire department in the world that can effectively — and quickly — fight a fire about the eigth floor of any building.
    Peter Greenberg, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2022
  • But effectively Hamas was contained in the Gaza Strip and almost severed from the rest of Palestine.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Swift then receives word that the distressed party is effectively out of the woods.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 11 June 2024
  • The girls walked to the southeast end of the bridge, at which point the trail effectively ends, petering out into the undergrowth.
    Aja Romano, Vox, 11 Nov. 2024
  • The growth of gangs has been aided by the country’s prison system, which is effectively controlled by them.
    Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 10 Jan. 2024
  • So that probably helped a lot of them to use it more effectively across the entire roster.
    Jeffrey L. Wilson, PCMAG, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The Echo Show 10 is, effectively, the perfect 10-inch tablet to display the Mona Lisa—since her eyes really will follow you around the room.
    Corey Gaskin, Ars Technica, 5 Nov. 2022
  • The committee could also choose not to act on it at all, effectively killing it.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Now that the policy is effectively dead, what comes next?
    Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023
  • Setting the bulbs a little deeper in the ground also means the plant effectively uses the soil as support for the next season's stem.
    Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Jan. 2023
  • So many westerns are effectively road movies, which is sort of your subgenre.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2023
  • But many can’t be deployed on a battlefield, and those who can are hard to use effectively without a centralized command system.
    Lorne Cook, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Democrats also object to the treatment of the District of Columbia, as the bill effectively repeals its current year budget and forces it to go back to the prior year’s levels, even though the district raises most of its own money.
    Kevin Freking, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025

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