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The phrase "affected over" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express the impact of something on a subject, but it lacks clarity and proper usage.
Example: "The community was affected over the recent changes in policy." (This should be rephrased for clarity.)
Alternatives: "impacted by" or "influenced by".
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Their incidence rapidly increases with age, and women are affected over twice as often as men.
Last year alone the floods affected over 9 million people.
Bhola affected over three-and-a-half million people with various degrees of severity.
BA rival Virgin Atlantic may also see flights affected over Christmas and the New Year.
The energy recovery performance of PHT can be severely affected over time.
The flexural modes are found affected over the entire frequency band.
Results indicated that impact performance of these composites was affected over the range of temperature considered.
Floodwaters affected over a million and a half people and destroyed thousands of houses.
Safety recalls of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators between 1990 and 2000 affected over 600,000 devices.
That's likely to have important consequences, and it's hard to be certain that Britain wouldn't be affected over time.
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About 10,000 were affected over the weekend.
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