affected
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While their monthly payments are not immediately affected by a rate change, their future deals are, and lenders have already "priced in" the expected rate rise when quoting new deals.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Galindo and her fellow members of Eastside Padres Contra la Privatización, a group created to help residents affected by the Lineage warehouse fire, felt that Raman represented a new, better way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Economic activity in affected regions is 1.5 percent lower two years after a heatwave and three percent lower four years after a drought, driven by lower productivity and people relocating, according to ECB estimates.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
Schools located near the western boundaries of time zones, including those in Forks, Washington, would be particularly affected because sunrise already occurs relatively late in those locations.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
“He had problems, possibly certain childhood traumas that had affected him. He was misunderstood. Underneath I think he was a caring and sensitive person.”
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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