affect
Example Sentences
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The sun is dying, and within 30 years, Earth’s temperature will cool to the point of global disaster, affecting crops, food sources, weather and humanity’s already precarious good nature.
From Salon
The International Energy Agency expects the disruption to oil supply to affect wider energy markets.
From BBC
Blame sequence-of-returns risk, which essentially means that when you’re taking withdrawals from a portfolio, the order — or the sequence — of investment returns can affect your portfolio’s overall value.
From MarketWatch
But seafood closer to home is also affected by higher fuel costs.
From MarketWatch
Mantle cell lymphoma is rare and affects white blood cells called B lymphocytes.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
