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affect

[uh-fekt, af-ekt] / əˈfɛkt, ˈæf ɛkt /




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The fallout could also directly affect Abu Dhabi.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

The reorganization is expected to affect some of the executives who run those units, the people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The concept uses superfluid helium, a form of helium with unusual quantum properties, to create a qubit that may be less sensitive to some of the disturbances that affect today's leading quantum computers.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

Los Angeles City Charter Amendment PRT would affect the city’s departments of airports, harbor and water and power, which operate as self-funding businesses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

“Training classes...on top of school? Will that affect my normal extracurricular activities?”

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

This commonly affects people who have cancers that involve the lymph system or who've had treatment involving the lymph nodes.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

That affects everything from housing, already in a funk, to the AI build-out, currently in whatever the opposite of a funk is.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

But it is important that the change announced by Pulte only affects the federal pricing model.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

That nasty epidemic disease affects cattle and many wild cud-chewing mammals, but not humans.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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