affairs

Example Sentences

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The meetings of finance ministers such as the G20 breakfast were sombre affairs.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

“Few of them, meanwhile, had the sort of experience and grounding in international affairs that he had enjoyed from childhood right through until the point he accepted Eisenhower’s offer to serve as secretary of state.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Orlando Ward, director of community affairs for VOA, said he wasn’t sure why the organization’s numbers were so high, but that helping people change detrimental behaviors “doesn’t happen overnight.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Maintaining a semblance of privacy is increasingly difficult in the age of social media, and how much we share with our unmarried partner about our financial affairs is on a need-to-know basis.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

“Gods and goddesses may occasionally help, but they don’t mess around with affairs that affect only humans. To them, mortal lives are but a speck of dust on the eyelash.”

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi