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The phrase "affecting a number of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the impact or influence of something on multiple entities or individuals.
Example: "The new policy is affecting a number of employees in the organization."
Alternatives: "impacting several" or "influencing a variety of".
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Changing rainfall patterns are affecting a number of parks in the south-west.
This is the latest in a series of car recalls affecting a number of different companies.
The global decline in coastal wetlands is affecting a number of critical benefits and ecosystem services provided by coastal ecosystems.
The almost two-week-old government shutdown, affecting a number of departments including Homeland Security, was initiated when Trump refused any funding deal that didn't include money for a wall.
Or they can use their concealed-handgun licence, naturally.Republicans, for their part, were embarrassed by an unanticipated problem affecting a number of voters who had dutifully brought their photo ID and their registration card: discrepancies abounded.
Theirs was a retrospective view, but it was a nonetheless influential one, affecting a number of the central social scientists of the century, among them Auguste Comte and Tocqueville and later Max Weber and Émile Durkheim.
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The British edict does affect a number of British carriers.
"It affects a number of different neurotransmitters, and all cells can take it up".
"This ruling could adversely affect a number of cooperatives throughout the metropolitan area," Mr. Brett said.
It's very likely to affect a number of the countries that are here today.
This will produce a talent gap, which will affect a number of high-growth industries.
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