affect
Example Sentences
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Most companies aren’t cutting workers en masse, but they also aren’t hiring at a brisk pace owing to a variety of concerns, including uncertainty over how tariffs will affect their bottom lines.
The two-time NFL Most Valuable Player has had a trying season with injuries, and missed training this week with illness, but brushed off concerns it would affect his play.
From Barron's
Improvement works will also affect services into Cardiff Central station between Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.
From BBC
It is not clear if that applies to everyone or is concentrated just in children and young adults who have caught less flu in the past and who have been most affected so far.
From BBC
The affected products had sell-by dates between Oct.
From Los Angeles Times
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