Affect
Refer to
Refer to verb - To make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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It can refer to the metaphorical wire that connects Baltimore citizens of all walks of life, thus ensuring that one group's actions always affect the other.
Source: Series / The Wire -
It doesn't affect the game, and the games don't refer to them using any pronouns.
Source: Ambiguous Gender - There's no real affect on anything to this—characters hardly ever refer to you by gender, even!
Source: Purely Aesthetic Gender
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Refer to and Affect. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/affect/refer_to
Affect & Refer to. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/affect/refer_to>.
Refer to or Affect. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/affect/refer_to.
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