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affect

[uh-fekt, af-ekt] / əˈfɛkt, ˈæf ɛkt /




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“One-way tickets all the way up to the weekend tickets? That will affect a lot of people. … It’s more money to fork out for the same ride.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Some large tech companies foresee a steady stream of cuts for years to come, while others say it’s still unclear how artificial intelligence will affect head counts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

For several years, the teams led by Zeng and Cheng have investigated how these vacuum fluctuations affect condensed matter systems.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

The BBC's Business Editor Simon Jack explains the rising prices in the UK - and how oil prices around the world affect the cost of petrol and diesel at the pump.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Coming too late to affect many voters, Hamilton’s diatribe exposed the deep rift within the Federalist camp for all to see and suggested to most readers that Hamilton himself was out of his mind.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Gloria Roldan Urgoiti, MD, is an oncologist who specializes in brain cancers, while Wee Yong, PhD, is a neuroscientist who studies how the immune system affects the brain.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

How much that reflects larger social, cultural and economic pathologies and whether it affects regular people’s lives in any meaningful way is a complicated question.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Bluetongue is an insect-borne viral disease that affects sheep and cattle among other animals.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

She added that she will demand full transparency on every federal program that affects cost of living to help root out fraud.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

An even more important role has been played by a bacterial disease that affects beetles of the family to which the Japanese beetle belongs — the scarabaeids.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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