affected
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She says people in deprived and rural areas are disproportionately affected as they tend to have the poorest access to NHS care and are least likely to be able to afford private fees.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Those most affected by any legislation can’t knock on state representatives’ doors or write letters to Newsom, he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
“For sovereign-wealth funds affected by the Iran war, there’s an added incentive to sell their shares once the lockup ends and convert the dollar proceeds back into their home currencies.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said systems had “detected an air quality issue” and that the department had issued a shelter-in-place order for “the affected area.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
If Dobzhansky had capriciously trimmed the wings of all the flies in one box, he would have affected their phenotypes—the shape of their wings—without ever touching their genes.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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The Catcher in the Rye
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