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as in strained
lacking in natural or spontaneous quality
affected laughter at the boss's jokes an affected southern accent
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as in arrogant
self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importance
with her pinkie extended, the four-year-old held her tiny teacup in that affected manner that some women have
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as in inclined
having a liking or affection
after years of being well affected toward their grandchildren, they did not want to lose access to them because of a bitter divorce
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as in influenced
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 concerned
to be the business or affair of
fortunately, hurricane season doesn't affect the West Coast
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as in pretended
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 haunted
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 affected
Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
City officials said at least 550 homes in Pasadena are affected by the evacuation orders, which cover large portions of the city’s northern neighborhoods along with most of eastern Altadena and nearly the entirety of Sierra Madre.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
In the past, the state's transportation and electricity infrastructure has been severely affected by extreme cold events.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Public safety power shutoffs affected nearly 4,200 Southern California Edison customers in Los Angeles County and another 400 in Ventura County, according to the utility.
—Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Lawyers for others affected by the blast did not respond to requests for comment.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Jan. 2025
Public safety power shutoffs affected nearly 4,200 Southern California Edison customers in Los Angeles County and another 400 in Ventura County, according to the utility.
—Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Reach out to your waste collection company to see how the service for your address is affected.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
City officials said at least 550 homes in Pasadena are affected by the evacuation orders, which cover large portions of the city’s northern neighborhoods along with most of eastern Altadena and nearly the entirety of Sierra Madre.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Reach out to your waste collection company to see how the service for your address is affected.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
City officials said at least 550 homes in Pasadena are affected by the evacuation orders, which cover large portions of the city’s northern neighborhoods along with most of eastern Altadena and nearly the entirety of Sierra Madre.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
In the past, the state's transportation and electricity infrastructure has been severely affected by extreme cold events.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Public safety power shutoffs affected nearly 4,200 Southern California Edison customers in Los Angeles County and another 400 in Ventura County, according to the utility.
—Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Lawyers for others affected by the blast did not respond to requests for comment.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Jan. 2025
Public safety power shutoffs affected nearly 4,200 Southern California Edison customers in Los Angeles County and another 400 in Ventura County, according to the utility.
—Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Reach out to your waste collection company to see how the service for your address is affected.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
City officials said at least 550 homes in Pasadena are affected by the evacuation orders, which cover large portions of the city’s northern neighborhoods along with most of eastern Altadena and nearly the entirety of Sierra Madre.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for affected
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By William Baldwin, Senior Contributor State budgets are strained and tax hikes might make voters angry or businesses inclined to leave.—
William Baldwin,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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The return of former chief scout Sven Mislintat — with whom Kehl has a strained relationship — as technical director, further complicated his role.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
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Julie Bowen and Christopher McDonald return as love interest Virginia Venit and arrogant rival Shooter McGavin, respectively, and the cast includes rookies like Bad Bunny, Travis Kelce and pro wrestler Maxwell Jacob Friedman.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
17 Jan. 2025
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Those include genial second-year resident Dr. King (Taylor Dearden), arrogant intern Santos (Isa Briones), and doe-eyed med students Javadi (Shabana Azeez) and Whittaker (Gerran Howell).—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
9 Jan. 2025
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Now, with Loyd’s future with the Storm in question, Ogwumike might be inclined to look elsewhere.—
Ben Pickman,
The Athletic,
8 Jan. 2025
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However, buyers appear to be more inclined to get off the sidelines as pending home sales rise.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
8 Jan. 2025
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Most current mock drafts have Shedeur landing somewhere in the top three picks, which makes sense considering there are a ton of quarterback-needy teams.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
11 Jan. 2025
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But the upper stage will do something new on Flight 7, deploying 10 mock satellites — inactive versions of SpaceX's Starlink broadband craft — which will follow Ship's suborbital trajectory and splash down in the Indian Ocean as well.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
9 Jan. 2025
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Ben Stiller, the director, executive producer, and a key creative force behind the show, is certainly too famous to show up at this pop-up, let alone stand outside of it among the people, snapping photos on his smartphone like a proud dad at his kid's dance recital.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
15 Jan. 2025
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The proud dad, 40, and his oldest child made history in October 2024 by becoming the first father-son duo to play together in the NBA.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
15 Jan. 2025
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Per the listing held by Brian Kirksey of the Ethos Real Estate Team at Keller Williams Realty Paint Creek, there’s also an attached carport, a spa, and a frog pond on the property.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
16 Jan. 2025
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Rather, the Blue Ring Pathfinder payload is expected to remain attached to the rocket’s upper stage for the duration of the six-hour mission.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
11 Jan. 2025
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Labeling something so personal feels almost unnatural.—
Ron Hart,
SPIN,
10 Jan. 2025
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While there are certainly products that can be used across different hair textures, lengths, curl patterns, thicknesses, colors (natural and unnatural), and needs, hair products are often created with specific consumers in mind.—
Erin Parker,
Allure,
3 Jan. 2025
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Over-indexing on strategy may lead to grandiose ambitions that wilt without the tactical discipline, metrics, and incentives that drive performance.—
Mark Nevins,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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And then there is Trump himself, who has grandiose ideas of his own, such as taking back control of the Panama Canal, levying tariffs on Mexico and Canada, purchasing Greenland, and getting countries in the region to accept U.S. deportees whose home countries have repeatedly refused to take them.—
Michael Wilner,
Miami Herald,
14 Jan. 2025
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