affect

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The NHS has guidelines for managing endometriosis, but since the condition can affect many parts of the body there is no standardised management plan to guide women's treatment or set time frames for their care.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

As Jill explains in an early chapter, doctors don’t typically recommend prostate-specific antigen screenings for men over 70, given that cancer spreads slowly at that age and isn’t thought to affect life expectancy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

I remarked that perhaps the regulations were in place because adding a story might block his neighbors’ view; or maybe the construction might harm the soil, which might affect the lake’s water quality.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

They show up directly in inflation data like PCE but also affect shipping, airline fares, food production, utilities, packaging, business profit margins and consumer psychology.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

Somehow it seemed as if they couldn’t have got through the day without that, for whatever their mood might be, the last glimpse of that motherly face was sure to affect them like sunshine.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott