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verb (1)

past tense of affect

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verb (2)

past tense of affect

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Recent Examples of affected
Verb
Additionally, taxpayers in Los Angeles County, California, affected by the devastating wildfires in January have until October 15 to file their tax returns for 2024. Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025 Hitting that figure would rely deeply on the $880 billion charged to the Energy and Commerce Committee, which means Medicaid would necessarily be affected. Mike Lillis, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2025 Additionally, taxpayers in Los Angeles County, California, affected by the devastating wildfires in January have until October 15 to file their tax returns for 2024. Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025 Hitting that figure would rely deeply on the $880 billion charged to the Energy and Commerce Committee, which means Medicaid would necessarily be affected. Mike Lillis, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2025 Social Security has promised to increase benefits and make retroactive payments to people affected by the windfall elimination provision and the government pension offset. Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025 But those working within the game are in little doubt that male players are affected, especially in an age when social media adds more noise and pressure than ever before. Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025 Despite having suffered a stroke in 2016 that affected her mobility, Jackson maintains an active schedule with stretching classes twice weekly, water aerobics, and recently line dancing. Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025 Social Security is mailing notices to people who will be affected, and most will see the benefit increases starting this month. Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for affected
Adjective
  • There has been a gradual normalization of ties between India and China in recent months after relations were deeply strained in June 2020, when a brutal hand-to-hand battle in the Galwan Valley left at least 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers dead.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 24 July 2025
  • The Taliban’s strained relationships with Iran and Pakistan further complicate reintegration efforts.
    Natasha Lindstaedt, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Adjective
  • In addition to Sandler, the 2025 film also sees the return of several familiar faces, including Julie Bowen as Happy’s love interest, Virginia Venit; Christopher McDonald as Shooter McGavin, Happy’s arrogant nemesis; and Ben Stiller as Hal L., the orderly from Happy’s grandmother’s nursing home.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
  • Christopher McDonald plays Happy’s comically villainous, arrogant rival Shooter McGavin, maestro of the finger guns.
    Skyler Trepel, EW.com, 25 July 2025
Adjective
  • That final point is important — at this stage of pre-season, Arsenal are not inclined to take risks with players’ fitness.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 31 July 2025
  • The politically inclined comedians are media veterans, having fought on the same side of many wars.
    Ryan Coleman Published, EW.com, 30 July 2025
Adjective
  • The group staged a mock funeral procession in January 2021, with doctors carrying caskets on their shoulders, representing 384 people who had died in the nation’s smallest state of an overdose the previous year.
    Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The California Post will launch in early 2026, and mock cover images show that the New York paper’s gossip section Page Six will make the move westward as well.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Bobby Lee is proud of Borderlands, but his experience at the movie's premiere wasn't entirely pleasant.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 26 July 2025
  • But that policy can also backfire – in part because many regions, such as Marathi-speaking Maharashtra in the west – are staunchly proud of their local language.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 26 July 2025
Adjective
  • Many street photographers prefer rangefinders because their viewfinders show more than what an attached lens captures, which is handy for anticipating subjects entering or exiting the frame.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 23 July 2025
  • The Nashville Public Library’s main branch in downtown Nashville was slated to reopen at the end of July, more than a month after a fire broke out in the attached parking garage.
    Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 20 July 2025
Adjective
  • This unnatural divide goes back to the beginnings of medicine and dentistry.
    Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
  • Action Step: Run your materials through a grammar checker, but always read them over yourself to catch subtle mistakes or unnatural language.
    Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
Adjective
  • This isn’t an instance of crony capitalism, but a tale about well-meaning administrations, of both parties, pursuing grandiose ambitions without the vision, competence, or funding to realize them.
    Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2025
  • The opposition eventually halted the grandiose project after one long runway was built.
    Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025

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