affected
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Geffray said the number of schools affected on Monday would be comparable to the figure from Friday but vowed there would be a "partial, progressive return to lessons".
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Meta told employees in an internal memo in April that it would lay off 10% of its staff, or roughly 8,000 people, and that affected employees would learn their fate May 20.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
It’s unclear how many people are affected, but in July, a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded that an accurate tally would “far exceed” the CDC’s 2022 estimate of 450,000 Americans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Preachers using megaphones can also often be seen and heard at Ghana's lorry parks and markets but they are not affected by the ban.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The Mayan people were governed by a system in which the priesthood and the nobility shared the power to make and enforce laws that affected all of Mayan society.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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