affects

Example Sentences

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General Assembly on Tuesday agreed to limit refunds for four years to states that actually paid their obligations, meaning the change primarily affects the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

PMOS, which affects around one in eight women, used to be known as polycystic ovary syndrome but was renamed in May, external to better reflect the broad impact it can have across the body.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

The paradox is that Lee’s movie is itself that conversation, its characters engaging in a series of arguments, evenhanded and empathetic, about how race affects the lives we lead in America.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026

The study, published in Molecular Neurodegeneration, combined evidence from hundreds of people with laboratory experiments designed to uncover exactly how the pesticide affects the brain.

From Science Daily • Jun. 28, 2026

Still, three or four cousins asked Deborah to marry them and she just laughed, saying, “Man, is you crazy? That ain’t no game, you know? It affects the child!”

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot