affecting

Example Sentences

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“I do think this fertility crisis is a really complex one where there are lots of reasons and related and unrelated factors that are affecting people’s decisions to have children.”

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026

Cervical dystonia is the most common form affecting a single region of the body.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

By turns comical and deeply affecting, “The Golden Boy” is heavy on back story, family history, Canadian history and geography, and on what Aristotle and friends would call exegesis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The main risk isn’t so much its direct exposure to precious-metals prices, but how sharply lower gold or silver prices might limit sentiment toward the asset class and hold back transaction volumes, affecting earnings.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

I proposed reshaping the Congress Alliance so that the ANC would clearly be seen as the leader, especially on issues directly affecting Africans.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela