affect

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Borgli fearlessly asks how quickly the images we consume by scrolling or watching the news affect our thinking.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Cristina Avello and Priscila Espinoza, both pre-med students at Marian University, joined the study to better understand how fast fashion might affect children's health.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026

It is not immediately clear how these would affect consumer prices, but a senior US official told reporters they did not expect to see any effect on affordability.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Policymakers and economists are monitoring how the situation in the Middle East will affect Japanese companies’ investment and earnings plans in the new fiscal year that began on April 1.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

“I’m...I’m sorry too. About not listening to you out in the Cursed Forest. I really didn’t know about how the magic there would affect the machete spell, but I shouldn’t have been such a butt-toad.”

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega