affected
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Since 1990, the surface area affected by these extreme events has been expanding by about 2.8 million km2 per decade.
From Science Daily • May 4, 2026
“Ironically, if we had a Las Vegas-area earthquake, the Californians who would be affected by that would get warnings,” Rowe said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
Scientists found seagrass meadows affected by excessive nutrients in the water - caused by sewage, fertilisers, manure and industry wastewater - had far fewer and less variety of small invertebrates like crabs, shrimps and snails.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
The prime minister, a former human rights lawyer and chief public prosecutor whose wife is of Jewish origin, said many Jewish people had told them they were affected by "the repeat nature" of the protests.
From Barron's • May 2, 2026
If Dobzhansky had capriciously trimmed the wings of all the flies in one box, he would have affected their phenotypes—the shape of their wings—without ever touching their genes.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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The Catcher in the Rye
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