affecting
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In 2025, Ford issued more recalls than any other automaker, affecting nearly 13 million vehicles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
By turns comical and deeply affecting, “The Golden Boy” is heavy on back story, family history, Canadian history and geography, and on what Aristotle and friends would call exegesis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
The main risk isn’t so much its direct exposure to precious-metals prices, but how sharply lower gold or silver prices might limit sentiment toward the asset class and hold back transaction volumes, affecting earnings.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
Ofwat proposed fining SEW £22m in March over disruptions affecting 286,000 people between 2020 and 2023.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Stanton asked Anthony to put her in touch with a lawyer who might help her identify eight of the “most atrocious” laws affecting women.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
Vocabulary lists containing affecting
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