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The phrase "affecting less than" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the impact or influence of something that is minimal or below a certain threshold.
Example: "The new policy is affecting less than 10% of the workforce, indicating a limited impact on overall productivity."
Alternatives: "impacting fewer than" or "influencing under".
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The "purge" ended up affecting less than one per cent of the membership, or about seventy people.
It will probably end up affecting less than one in twenty JSA claims, which accounts for 2.5percentnt of all benefit spend.
It is one of the rarer psychiatric conditions, affecting less than 1% of the population (compare that with major depressive disorder, which affects closer to 20% of us).
Her condition, affecting less than two thousandths of one per cent of the population, was asymptomatic; she might have died at any time in her life.
"We are redirecting traffic to reduce the impact on customers and the issue is now affecting less than 5% of customers' internet usage.
But the researchers stress that the absolute risk of blood clots with use of any type of oral contraceptive in young women is low, affecting less than one in 1,000 users.
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The bilateral United States-China textiles agreement affects less than 3percentt of United States imports from China.
This affects less than 1% of taxpayers, but attracts disproportionate attention.
Yet wine, which is fairly expensive, will be affected less than other drinks.
The restrictions imposed in 1970 appear to have affected less than 20% of its actual use.
However, he said, software companies had been affected less than most of the industry by the crisis.
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