affect
Example Sentences
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Experiments have shown that creatine can affect depression like behavior differently in male and female rodents, a finding that could help explain why the human studies involving mostly women produced the strongest positive results.
From Science Daily • Jun. 30, 2026
Ongoing quarantines can affect locals who grow and sell fruits and also residents of the affected areas.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026
The income is not taxable and generally does not affect Social Security or Medicare benefits.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026
"It will affect a lot of people in Bacup, particularly the elderly," Jules Pritchard, class leader at the ABD Centre in the Rossendale Valley, said.
From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026
“I appreciate the warning, but I am not an animal. I am a robot. The poison tide does not affect me.”
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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