affects
Example Sentences
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So far this autumn, the jet stream - which determines what sort of air mass affects the UK - has been sitting to the north.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
The law can be "enforced against any provider, starting from the testing phase, if they experience a loss of control that affects the EU's internal market," including cyberattacks and biological or chemical misuse, Regnier said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Gloria Roldan Urgoiti, MD, is an oncologist who specializes in brain cancers, while Wee Yong, PhD, is a neuroscientist who studies how the immune system affects the brain.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
How much that reflects larger social, cultural and economic pathologies and whether it affects regular people’s lives in any meaningful way is a complicated question.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
An even more important role has been played by a bacterial disease that affects beetles of the family to which the Japanese beetle belongs — the scarabaeids.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
