affect
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Experiments have shown that creatine can affect depression like behavior differently in male and female rodents, a finding that could help explain why the human studies involving mostly women produced the strongest positive results.
From Science Daily • Jun. 30, 2026
Ongoing quarantines can affect locals who grow and sell fruits and also residents of the affected areas.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026
The income is not taxable and generally does not affect Social Security or Medicare benefits.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026
As I said earlier, injuries affect everyone but he has taken a massive gamble with some of the players he has selected because they have a history of getting injured.
From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026
As you are composing, listen for how the constraints of using only those five notes, with those pitch relationships, affect your music.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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