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affected

[uh-fek-tid] / əˈfɛk tɪd /




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Affected staff will receive 16 weeks of base pay plus two weeks per year of service.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Affected raw oysters were sold in Washington, while the Manila clams were distributed to restaurants and retailers in California, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Nevada, New York, Oregon and Washington, according to the FDA.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Affected Kansans were informed that their licenses would become meaningless pieces of plastic with letters that went out from the Kansas Division of Vehicles this week.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026

Affected clients include the San Joaquin County Employees’ Retirement Association in California, which had $34 million in one of the HPS funds as of the end of June.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

The Sublime, the Natural, the Didactick, the Narrative, the Tragick, the Comick, the Polite, the Affected, are seldom rightly distinguish'd, and the latter very often mistaken for the Polite.

From An Essay on Criticism by Oldmixon, John




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