affects
Example Sentences
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"If you change the environment, you change the vegetation, the climate is warmer or colder, it affects these animals directly," says Cruz.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
More than 2.4 million people today live with hepatitis C, a viral infection that primarily affects the liver and can ultimately destroy it.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
It stated that winning countries will also be disqualified from hosting if a "sensitive geopolitical situation" affects the "security, safety or stability of their state or immediate region".
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
"We understand this affects local residents, with a hose laid across pavements and driveways, and apologise for the frustration this causes," it said.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
It is this kind of guidance that distinguishes middle-class children from children of working-class and poor families, according to sociologists who have studied how social class affects child-rearing.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
