affairs
Britishplural noun
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personal or business interests
his affairs were in disorder
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matters of public interest
current affairs
Example Sentences
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“There is frustration among ownership about the state of the negotiations,” said NFL executive Jeff Miller, responsible for overseeing the league’s communications and public affairs.
From Los Angeles Times
Dylan Johnson, assistant secretary of state for global public affairs, confirmed the abduction of an American journalist, without naming Kittleson.
From BBC
Around Thanksgiving 2009, a report that Woods had been in a car accident near his home erupted into a major scandal involving allegations of affairs.
From Los Angeles Times
The UN's humanitarian affairs office says 52 health workers have also been killed.
From BBC
In the 1930s and ’40s, nearly all of them acquired celebrity, and some notoriety, for their writing, politics, love affairs or all three.
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