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affair

[uh-fair] / əˈfɛər /




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What started as a visit to MIT’s Media Lab became a long-term tech love affair for will.i.am, and now he’s passing on that love.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

His visit was a highly-staged affair, featuring carefully curated images avidly watched by people worldwide, as they hadn’t had a window into China for over two decades.

From Salon • May 14, 2026

The court filings make no mention of Zambada’s kidnapping, and Nunez Ojeda’s attorney did not respond to a question about his client’s alleged role in the affair.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

The whole affair was uncovered after Montaclair named a Romanian philologist Eugen Simion as the next recipient of the prize.

From BBC • May 6, 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




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