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as in influences
to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response
their son claims that scary movies don't affect him in the least
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as in involves
to be the business or affair of
fortunately, hurricane season doesn't affect the West Coast
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as in simulates
to present a false appearance of
she affected complete unawareness that we were talking about her, though she must have overheard
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as in haunts
to go to or spend time in often
a power couple known to affect all the fancy parties in town
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Recent Examples of affects
Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 14 Feb. 2026
This setup allowed the team to directly compare performance and show how edge passivation affects high-resistivity wafer behavior.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 Feb. 2026
Battery performance affects nearly every part of electric flight.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Feb. 2026
When the estrogen hormone declines during perimenopause, the body’s insulin sensitivity decreases, too, which affects overall metabolism.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 13 Feb. 2026
The change takes effect April 1 and affects 2,216 people on district health insurance plans, Dildra Martin-Ogburn, director of benefits and employment services, told the Superintendent’s Insurance and Wellness Advisory Committee on Wednesday.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
There was also another hose disconnected for driving cooling, which affects airflow.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026
The economic impact of fewer Canadian visitors in 2025 affects mostly border states that depend heavily on people driving across the border for retail, restaurants, casinos and short-stay hotels.
—Frédéric Dimanche, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
Best financial advisors, top firms ranked View More The 2026 COLA affects around 75 million beneficiaries, according to the Social Security Administration.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
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The funding lapse affects agencies within the Department of Homeland Security, requiring most employees to continue working without pay while others are furloughed.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 14 Feb. 2026
This setup allowed the team to directly compare performance and show how edge passivation affects high-resistivity wafer behavior.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 Feb. 2026
Battery performance affects nearly every part of electric flight.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Feb. 2026
When the estrogen hormone declines during perimenopause, the body’s insulin sensitivity decreases, too, which affects overall metabolism.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 13 Feb. 2026
The change takes effect April 1 and affects 2,216 people on district health insurance plans, Dildra Martin-Ogburn, director of benefits and employment services, told the Superintendent’s Insurance and Wellness Advisory Committee on Wednesday.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
There was also another hose disconnected for driving cooling, which affects airflow.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026
The economic impact of fewer Canadian visitors in 2025 affects mostly border states that depend heavily on people driving across the border for retail, restaurants, casinos and short-stay hotels.
—Frédéric Dimanche, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
Best financial advisors, top firms ranked View More The 2026 COLA affects around 75 million beneficiaries, according to the Social Security Administration.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
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“Affects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affects. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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