Because of that, it's not the incidents themselves but their ramifications that are disturbing, the idea that Amazon can effectively alter the collective memory at will.

The Daily Argus, a Bradford newspaper, noted that Cordingley had a technically good bowling action and could effectively alter the pace he bowled the ball.

The swash plate's angle is varied by an ECU-controlled solenoid, effectively altering the gearing automatically.

One underutilized, but potentially very powerful means to reduce household energy consumption is to provide real-time feedback to homeowners so they can effectively alter their energy using behavior.

The failure of the General Strike in 1926 marked the end of any possibility that extra-parliamentary forms of left-wing mass politics could alter effectively the economic policy of the government.

If one fully entered Earth and became productive, it would effectively alter the planet enough to become useful as a new homeworld for Race X.

A union spokesman, Richard Relkin, said that Chancellor Klein had unilaterally changed the grievance process, effectively altering the principals' contract without negotiation.

One-button Smart Fix tools allow even the most hopeless technophobe to effectively alter their snapshots.

"He's taken on central casting and effectively altered the actors' roles," said Cynthia Green, a senior researcher for the Citizens Budget Commission, a nonprofit watchdog group.

Through experience, many indigenous societies learned how to effectively alter their landscapes and biotic distributions.