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affairs

NOUN
business
Synonyms
STRONGEST
deal industry manufacturing market trading transaction
STRONG
bargaining barter commercialism contracts dealings exchange game industrialism merchandising racket sales selling traffic undertaking
WEAK
buying and selling capital and labor
NOUN
dealings
Synonyms
STRONGEST
business commerce sale trade
STRONG
concerns doings intercourse matters proceedings ropes strings things traffic transactions truck wires
WEAK
balls in air irons in fire wire pulling
NOUN
doings
Synonyms
STRONG
acts deal deed events happenings matters proceeding
WEAK
goings-on
NOUN
finances
Synonyms
STRONGEST
balance sheet
STRONG
assets budget capital cash condition funds net resources revenue wealth wherewithal worth
WEAK
net worth
Antonyms
STRONG
debt
NOUN
lineup
Synonyms
STRONGEST
agenda business calendar record schedule slate
STRONG
appointments arrangements bill bulletin card catalog chores curriculum details docket happenings index listing meetings memoranda plan plans preparations syllabus timetable
WEAK
necessary acts order of business order of events order of the day series of events things to do
NOUN
proceedings
Synonyms
STRONG
annals archives business dealings documents doings matters minutes records transactions
NOUN
program
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bill business curriculum plan schedule
STRONG
appointments arrangements bulletin calendar card catalog chores details docket happenings index lineup listing meetings memoranda plans preparations record slate syllabus timetable
WEAK
necessary acts order of business order of events order of the day series of events things to do
NOUN
trading
Synonyms
STRONGEST
commerce deal dealings exchange industry manufacturing market sales selling trade traffic transaction
STRONG
bargaining barter commercialism contracts game industrialism merchandising racket undertaking
WEAK
buying and selling capital and labor free enterprise production and distribution

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“He deserves that,” she said, according to an official post from the Federal Affairs Administration of Puerto Rico on X.

From Salon • May 6, 2026

Last month, the Department of Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Affairs published its its wildfire action.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Yet, as Frederic Schneider, a senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, explained, building alternative natural gas infrastructure would likely prove economically unattractive.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Its Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, which includes Iran, shed scores of career officials last year, many of them replaced by greener subordinates or political appointees.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

Affairs of honor were supposed to involve only personal charges.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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