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affect

[uh-fekt, af-ekt] / əˈfɛkt, ˈæf ɛkt /




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How soon might your network of influencers increase and affect companywide sales?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

After accounting for other factors that could affect the results, participants who performed 90-119 minutes of strength training per week had a 13% lower risk of death from any cause.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

How will the weather affect the opening games of the World Cup?

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

Lots of folks are at pains to say that this will not affect the safety of the meat supply.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

And as the people of Chicago were learning, these newly arrived black citizens were making decisions that could affect them all.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield




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