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affecting

adjective as in moving

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European plane-maker Airbus said Monday it had detected a "quality issue" affecting metal panels on its popular A320 passenger jet but the problem was "contained".

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Social media is one of the drivers of change, he added -- even affecting language.

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The breach marks the latest in a series of cyber-security incidents affecting major South Korean companies this year, despite the country's reputation for stringent data privacy rules.

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“The affairs have always been going on, but now they’re getting discovered,” said Sarah Moore Johnson, an estate-planning lawyer in Washington, D.C., with expertise on how DNA testing is affecting inheritance claims.

They have been hit hard by a broader slump affecting the priciest and most-speculative corners of the market—from bitcoin to AI darlings such as CoreWeave.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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