How to Use effective date in a Sentence

effective date

noun
  • This means the effective date could vary.
    — Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Banks ever since then have said the effective date was too soon.
    — Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
  • The effective date should be treated as a bid gate.
    — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • But Ho's order now halts that effective date.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 1 May 2026
  • Staffing must be adjusted within six months of the effective date.
    — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 15 July 2024
  • In that case, an amendment was thrown out because one clerk omitted the effective date in their posting of the text.
    — Kim Bojórquez, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
  • There are only nine days between oral arguments and the ban's effective date.
    — Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The bill’s effective date is July 1.
    — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
  • After that time, the policy is set to be in place for two years following its effective date.
    — Courtney Subramanian, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Granted this is only a proposal with an effective date 30 months down the road.
    — Diane Omdahl, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
  • An interest rate at 2% will be applied starting the bill’s effective date.
    — Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 23 Aug. 2025
  • The effective date of the law occurred on May 7, 2025.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The bill is awaiting approval with an effective date of July 1, if agreed upon.
    — Shaela Foster, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2025
  • If the Supreme Court upholds the order, the justices could also set a new effective date.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The law also allowed for a 90-day pause in banning the app if progress was made toward a sale before the effective date.
    — Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 19 Jan. 2025
  • The effective date of the final rule will be 60 days after its publication.
    — Eric D. Perakslis, STAT, 12 May 2023
  • But the effective date has arrived, and taxpayers are making the best of an opaque situation.
    — Carrie Brandon Elliot, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The effective date for the new policy is April 14, two weeks later than initially planned.
    — Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
  • As an example, the new effective date for the measure is now May 1, 2025.
    — Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Customers should expect to begin receiving their money within 60 days of the plan’s effective date, which will be set by the court.
    — Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 8 May 2024
  • The effective date of the final rule on medical debt has now been postponed from March 7 to June 15.
    — Alana Semuels, TIME, 13 Feb. 2025
  • As lawmakers rushed the legislation through in late December, that effective date was not changed.
    — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The company last raised prices a year ago, announcing them in August with an effective date in October.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Businesses with less than $10 million in annual food sales would have four years to add the label after the final rule’s effective date.
    — Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The original order was supposed to go into effect 30 days after Trump signed it, but the court could set a new effective date.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Bessent insisted, however, that the new effective date is neither a new deadline nor a pause on the original deadline announced three months ago.
    — Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 6 July 2025
  • To avoid uncertainty as the case played out, lawmakers delayed the measure's effective date from July 1 last year to the same date this year.
    — Jerry Nowicki, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Persons who had valid visas prior to the effective date of the restriction are not affected, the State Department said.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
  • But carriers have two years from its effective date, which is expected to be in August, to comply, Reuters reported.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2023
  • For any funds already in an escrow account, interest at 2% simple per annum will begin accruing on the bill’s effective date.
    — Dawn Giel,contessa Brewer, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025

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