affecting
Example Sentences
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The compromised tank threatened to blow up, affecting adjacent tanks also containing the toxic chemical methyl methacrylate which could have caused a large-scale public safety emergency.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
The decline is “not perfectly even, but broad,” affecting journalism, politics and business, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
The administrators said the company had faced "a sustained period of pressure" on its cashflow after "continued delays to the UK defence investment plan, combined with geopolitical factors affecting sources of funding".
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Nonetheless, the possibility remains there could still be a massive planet affecting the orbits of bodies within the Kuiper Belt.
From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026
For all my obsessing over the consequences of that night, I had misunderstood the vital truth: that its not affecting me, that was its effect.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Vocabulary lists containing affecting
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