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affect

[uh-fekt, af-ekt] / əˈfɛkt, ˈæf ɛkt /




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But the scandal is unlikely to "dominate the agenda" or affect Trump and Xi's personal relationship, predicted Dylan Loh of Singapore's Nanyang Technological University.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026

WSJ’s David Wainer explains how the public offering could affect the entire U.S. economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

However, most of these associations were no longer statistically significant once the researchers accounted for other factors that could affect pregnancy outcomes.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026

The Dodgers are missing one major piece of information that will affect their path forward: the length of the 2027 season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

The ice never melts; it clings to the bottom of the world, spawning winds, storms, and weather that affect the whole planet.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

Any evidence or threat of retaliation, the board added, affects how it proceeds with the merger review.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Uncertainty pushes people to "avoid expenses that aren't strictly necessary, and that obviously affects consumption," financial analyst Amilcar Ferreira told AFP.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

Parkinson’s disease is a progressive disorder of the nervous system that affects movement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

It can take an average of nine years to get a diagnosis from the onset of symptoms and it affects 1.5 million people in the UK.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

“If it affects Darin,” I say, “I need to worry about it. Is it Mazen? Has he changed his mind?”

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir


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