affecting
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Figure out what is affecting her performance and ask her how she prefers to receive feedback.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
The researchers are now investigating ways to alter activity in the locus coeruleus without affecting opioid receptors throughout the rest of the nervous system.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
"We know that women's health is not necessarily as well-researched as problems affecting men."
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The new levies would go into effect Sept. 8, affecting about $20 billion worth of goods, or roughly 7% of total U.S. imports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
There are possibilities of using less toxic sprays or, better still, of introducing microorganisms that will cause disease among the budworms without affecting the whole web of forest life.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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