affect

Example Sentences

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"Everything they have built this season, don't let it affect them. They have been in this situation before and they don't want to relive that."

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

And that gap can drastically affect learning outcomes or behavior in school.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Shifts in temperature extremes can affect crop growth, strain public health systems, and influence how communities perceive climate risks.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

How the Iran conflict might affect the flow of money depends on how it unspools, but economists have begun to downgrade their forecasts for the region.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“I didn’t know how much it was going to affect you.”

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman