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The phrase "affect the length of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing how one factor can influence the duration or extent of something else.
Example: "The amount of time spent studying can significantly affect the length of the exam preparation process."
Alternatives: "influence the duration of" or "impact the extent of".
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Homeowners should think about how refinancing will affect the length of their mortgage loan.
You might ask whether the star's distance would affect the length of the sidereal day.
Others said that what amazed them was that a single gene could so profoundly affect the length of life.
But each defendant may also have been convicted of other charges that could affect the length of the sentence imposed.
Behaviour is at the heart of most policy issues and can even affect the length of lives.
"I don't think that's all of one big coincidence and I just hope that the shortsightedness doesn't affect the length of careers," Roddick said.
Lord Justice Leveson's recommendations on the future of press regulation and any interventions by the information commissioner could also affect the length of the investigations, she added.
UN spokesman Ahmad Fawzi said the start of Ramadan on Wednesday could affect the length of the talks.
That causes scar tissue, which can affect the length of a pitcher's rehabilitation and his range of motion, Levitz said.
More recently, Ismail thinks, the introduction of refunds on Steam (which let users get their money back on downloads if they play for less than two hours) may begin to affect the length of narrative games.
Most shift changes for the employees are at off-peak times, a security administration official said, so the new policy should not affect the length of lines for passengers.
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