- plural of affair.
affairs
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She flubbed softball questions around foreign affairs on the debate stage, a strong suit of her hawkish brother.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026
Meanwhile, the company’s peers have been maxing out spending on AI with limited returns to show for it, a state of affairs investors are no longer uniformly happy about.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Policy analyst Mayala said Kabila's involvement could help Rwanda counter accusations that it was interfering in Congo's internal affairs.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Harris is a government and community affairs officer for St. John’s Community Health and teaches at Santa Monica College.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
“Around this time, all kinds of booby-trapped trinkets were being scattered on our airfield,” said Vera Tikhomirova, the 586th Regiment’s deputy commander for political affairs.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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