affair
Example Sentences
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But lighting is an intimate affair in this city; Los Angeles has long loved its ornamental and whimsical street lamps.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
All will take to the stage for a nationally televised debate on CNN on Tuesday evening, expected to be a rowdy affair.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
The worn lime-green ripstop affair stared at us from a storage shelf for decades, and now I had time for it.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
The affair over Lord Mandelson's security vetting is dominating headlines during the BBC's visit to Hampton Vale.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
The rise of farming was a very gradual affair spread over centuries and millennia.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
Vocabulary lists containing affair
The Poet X
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