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as in influences
to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response
their son claims that scary movies don't affect him in the least
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as in involves
to be the business or affair of
fortunately, hurricane season doesn't affect the West Coast
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as in simulates
to present a false appearance of
she affected complete unawareness that we were talking about her, though she must have overheard
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as in haunts
to go to or spend time in often
a power couple known to affect all the fancy parties in town
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Recent Examples of affects
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
What matters is understanding how disruption affects services, revenue streams, customer commitments and regulatory obligations most critical to the business.
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Michael Campbell,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
That's especially important because financial stress often affects how people approach debt problems.
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Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
Family support is sometimes particularly important because addiction rarely affects individuals in isolation.
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Kaitlyn Gomez,
Miami Herald,
29 June 2026
The change affects those covered through an expansion in most states that gave more lower-income people access to the government’s safety net healthcare program.
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ABC News,
29 June 2026
But there has been a 30% decline in North America’s wild bird population over the last 50 years, which affects the economy and our quality of life.
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Edward Keegan,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
While postpartum depression is widely known as an issue that affects mothers, researchers are increasingly finding that it can be experienced by fathers too.
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Theara Coleman,
TheWeek,
27 June 2026
The Glycemic Index of Potatoes Varies Potatoes have moderate to high glycemic indexes, which measure how a food affects blood sugar levels.
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Brittany Lubeck,
Verywell Health,
26 June 2026
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Remote work affects different people in different ways, Bloom said.
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Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
What matters is understanding how disruption affects services, revenue streams, customer commitments and regulatory obligations most critical to the business.
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Michael Campbell,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
That's especially important because financial stress often affects how people approach debt problems.
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Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
Family support is sometimes particularly important because addiction rarely affects individuals in isolation.
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Kaitlyn Gomez,
Miami Herald,
29 June 2026
The change affects those covered through an expansion in most states that gave more lower-income people access to the government’s safety net healthcare program.
—
ABC News,
29 June 2026
But there has been a 30% decline in North America’s wild bird population over the last 50 years, which affects the economy and our quality of life.
—
Edward Keegan,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
While postpartum depression is widely known as an issue that affects mothers, researchers are increasingly finding that it can be experienced by fathers too.
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Theara Coleman,
TheWeek,
27 June 2026
The Glycemic Index of Potatoes Varies Potatoes have moderate to high glycemic indexes, which measure how a food affects blood sugar levels.
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Brittany Lubeck,
Verywell Health,
26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for affects
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Amber Duncan, founder of Life After Debt, says that pressure often influences spending decisions.
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Studies show that your gut health influences much more than just good digestion, including skin, immunity, energy, and mood.
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Part of Exemplar’s plan to focus more on luxury involves shrinking its footprint, going from around 170 stores last year to just 49 now.
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If the dumping involves hazardous materials, commercial waste or much larger amounts of trash, the offense can be charged as a felony, with fines that can reach $50,000 or more.
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Swanson earned the national championship in the Postsecondary Collision Damage Appraisal Division, a competition that simulates the work of professional collision estimators and insurance appraisers, according to a press release from the college.
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The mission simulates a scenario in which a maneuverable satellite rapidly approaches and inspects another spacecraft that is not cooperating.
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Tawanda Davis moved from her home on Bristol Street in March, but the explosion still haunts her.
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Eventually, Armand killed Nicky while Lestat watched, an act of violence that still haunts Lestat to this day.
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Kansas City officials have offered differing descriptions of what traffic impacts drivers should expect when thousands of Dutch soccer fans march through downtown Thursday for the Netherlands’ World Cup fan walk.
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That pressure erodes well-being, undermines family life, and disproportionately impacts working parents and caregivers.
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The pact also fails to address Iran’s missile program and its network of proxy militant groups – concerns many Gulf states consider more immediate than Tehran’s nuclear activities.
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However, the most noteworthy information in the report concerns the Florida spaceport, where demand from SpaceX’s Starship and Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch vehicles is expected to stress NASA.
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Beauty, then, arises from the pain and struggle of experiencing oneself as a site of divine truancy, and ugly is that which pretends to be directly equivalent to the soul, God, etc.
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The person on the phone pretends to be IT support and tries to convince the employee to install remote desktop software.
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As someone who frequents the office, a lightweight sweater is a necessity for balancing between frigid temps inside and balmy weather outside.
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Old Second is a married gay man who frequents the cinema while his wife, Bao Mei, sells movie tickets.
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“Affects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affects. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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